Tahitian, circa 1882

carte de visite

PHOTOGRAPHS
Hoare, S. (Mrs.)
Société, Îles de la, Tahiti, Papeete
circa 1882
paper
overall: 4-1/8 x 2-1/2 in.

Carte de visite, albumen print on white card; Tahitian, circa 1882 (see Manuscript Coll. 311); collected by Captain Richard C. Mears (1829-1899) during his travels as a shipmaster to the South Pacific; Tahitian female wearing a pareo (a traditional wrap skirt, also known as a pareu), sitting in a straight-backed chair, topless and barefoot, with a wreath or garland of flowers and plants in her hair; handwritten on back "Tahitian"; printed on back "MRS. S. HOARE,/ Photographer,/ PAPEETE,/ TAHITI."

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