Pacific Islands Tahiti Samoa Women Native Portrait Flower Vtg. Photo 19thC.
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Pacific Islands Tahiti Samoa Women Native Portrait Flower Vtg. Photo 19thC.
£10.00
Pacific Islands Tahiti Samoa Women Native Portrait Flower Vtg. Photo 19thC.
This quality reprint of a vintage photo shows a studio portrait of three women from the Pacific Islands, possibly Tahiti or Samoa, dressed in traditional attire. They wear patterned skirts, known as pareo or lavalava, and floral head wreaths. Such ethnographic portraits were popular in the late 19th century, often catering to Western interest in the cultures of Oceania and capturing a specific, often romanticized, image of island life for an international audience.
Shipping Details
We ship worldwide from the UK. There is no additional charge for extra prints.
Print Details
• Prints measure 10x8 inches (25x20cms).
• Prints are produced on premium quality, archival photo paper with an attractive lustre finish.
• Fade resistant museum quality inks.
• Sharp, clear reproduction - taken directly from a high resolution scan of the original image.
• Printed without borders as standard.
• Minor cropping may occur due to format differences.
• White borders will be added on two sides if cropping would lose important details.
• If you have a strong preference for either option, please tell us when ordering.
• Prints are produced on premium quality, archival photo paper with an attractive lustre finish.
• Fade resistant museum quality inks.
• Sharp, clear reproduction - taken directly from a high resolution scan of the original image.
• Printed without borders as standard.
• Minor cropping may occur due to format differences.
• White borders will be added on two sides if cropping would lose important details.
• If you have a strong preference for either option, please tell us when ordering.
Perfect For
• Framing and display
• Gifts for history lovers
• Historical collections
• Personal research
• Gifts for history lovers
• Historical collections
• Personal research
Please note - commercial, editorial or other such use is expressly forbidden