Tahitian male, 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 male, 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 man standing, full frontal image, wearing a paero (a traditional wrap skirt) and a flower tucked behind right ear, barechested and barefoot, leaning on a small, decorated pedestal; handwritten on back "Marquesian [crossed out]/ Tahitian"; printed on back "MRS. S. HOARE,/ Photographer,/ PAPEETE,/ TAHITI."

2005.34.38