Tribal Art & Antiquities - 20th February 2019
Lot 1406
Fiji and Solomon Islands A collection of photographs and postcards including natives
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £450
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Description
Fiji and Solomon Islands
A collection of photographs and postcards
including natives, landscapes and buildings, the Solomon Islands inscribed on the back with details, signed by Harry Martin, along with a two page and a four page letter by the same, from Renard Island, to Mr A E Davey, Adelaide, Australia; a view of Napier, New Zealand; The Brisbane German Gymnasium / Athletic Club; four prints relating to Pacific Islands; Stewart's Hand Book of the Pacific Islands, 1908; Polynesians Explorers of the Pacific by J E Wecjler, Jr.; Te Pito Te Henua, Known as Rapa Nui by George H Cooke; and a plate photograph of figures outside a colonial building in Australia, mounted in a leather case.