NEW CALEDONIA Album featuring numerous portraits of Kanaks a - Lot 119

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NEW CALEDONIA Album featuring numerous portraits of Kanaks a - Lot 119
NEW CALEDONIA Album featuring numerous portraits of Kanaks and islanders and landscapes of New Caledonia, 1860-1870. Summee woman from Malabar Island, Chromah and Iannarh warriors from Lefu, Fijian warriors Iarwee and Sherree, Caledonian women Degonie and Banah, Ouch and Dalu natives of Lefu, warriors Marpela and Swathee, Lifu men Lisso and Carpa holding rifles, Evanee : New Caledonian man, Sandwich Island warriors Zisen and Tobela, Tongan man Tobies, Maililine and Robertson: Chief Murrie and interpreter, Nouméa: Compagnie de la Banque, sailboats from the heights, docks and prison, Fijian men, semaphore from the bay, locals and colonist in front of military barracks, rue Sébastopol, sugar plantation in Dumbea, Sandwich Island men, New Caledonians and their head breakers, Tongan man carrying rifle, native chief, the Artilery, Benarre Pass, Hotel Paita. Photographs. Album of 66 albumen prints, most captioned with the first names of the portrait subjects in ink beneath the images. Cover missing. Images: 3.6 x 3.6 cm to 12.6 x 19.5 cm; album: 29 x 25.3 cm This album features landscapes of Nouméa and a large number of portraits. While the studio setting of several of them seems to bring them closer to Allan Hughan's production (particularly the large palm leaves), slight differences prevent this attribution. In addition, the portraits are captioned with the island or town of origin and the first name of each sitter.
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