Apr 15, 2002 - Sale 1931

Sale 1931 - Lot 82

Price Realized: $ 1,150
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,400 - $ 1,800
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Group of 12 unmounted photographs, most of Polynesian people, including a group of Leone girls, portraits of men and women with headdresses, hair ornaments, bone necklaces, or elaborate off-the-shoulder costumes, plus scenes depicting inaga fishing, a guest house, a decorated conveyance, a view from Matautu, and a war canoe by the photographer Andrew. Albumen prints, 5 1/2x7 1/2 inches and the reverse, several with Andrew's title and caption in the negative. 1870s