[Sellier, P] :Santa Cruz; habitant de Santa-Cruz, ile de la Reine-Charlotte, avec les narines ornis de fleurs rouges et son front [?] couvert de feuillages [1894?]

[Sellier, P] :Santa Cruz; habitant de Santa-Cruz, ile de la Reine-Charlotte, avec les narines ornis de fleurs rouges et son front [?] couvert de feuillages [1894?]
Date
1893 - 1894
Reference
A-340-046
Description

The head of a man of Santa Cruz, his nostrils threaded with flowers and a wreath of foliage on his head. he wears threaded shells or beads or seeds in his ears, and the back of his head (possibly long hair) is encased in a fabric snood[?]

Other Titles - Inhabitant of the island of Santa Cruz, island of the Queen Charlotte Islands, his nostrils adorned with red flowers and his forehead (?) covered with foliage

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - [Title]; Recto - bottom right - Reduire de 1/4; Verso - centre - Ch 2, f 62. Habitant de Santa-Cruz, ile de la Reine-Charlotte, avec les narines ornis de fleurs rouges et son front [?] couvert de feuillages

Quantity: 1 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Ink drawing on card, 155 x 117 mm.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Sellier, P :[Ten ink drawings of Pacific Islanders including Tahitians, Marquesans, Vanuatuans and Papua New Guineans, 1893 or 1894?]
Format
1 drawing(s), Works of art, Ink drawings, Ethnographic illustrations, Ink drawing on card, 155 x 117 mm., Orientation: Vertical image
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