Edward Henry Dufty (Noumea) 1877 (ca) Two men, standing in front of painted studio backdrop. Wearing feather headdresses, shell waist ornaments/belts and penis wrappers. Carrying clubs over their right shoulders. [New Caledonia]
Publications history
Illustrated as figure 174 on page 170 of Elizabeth Edwards's essay 'Evolving Images: Photography, Race and Popular Darwinism', In Endless Forms: Charles Darwin, Natural Science and the Visual Arts, edited by Diana Donald and Jane Munro (Cambridge: Fitzwilliam Museum / New Haven: Yale Center for British art, in association with Yale University Press, 2009). Also listed on page 324 of the 'Checklist of Exhibits' as catalogue number 124. [CM 27/11/2009]
