A head protrait photograph of a young chief from the Solomon Islands

An image showing 'ALB1016; ALB1016; HMS Sealark (1898) ex Investigator, ex Consuelo, ex Vagus, ex Wanderer. ‘A young Chief, Solomon Islands’.'

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A head protrait photograph of a young chief from the Solomon Islands

A head portrait photograph of a young chief from the Solomon Islands. His body and head are turned slightly to the left (viewers right) but his eyes are looking at the camera. He has an ornate comb in the front of his hair, slid in from the righthand side, a semi-circle of white bone[?] in the top of his right ear, as well as a metal cartridge in the lobe. He has a long nose pin through the septum of the nose.

The print is captioned: 'A young Chief, Solomon Islands'.

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Object Details

ID:	ALB1016.105
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1911-1913
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 96 mm x 70 mm
Parts:	HMS Sealark (1898) ex Investigator, ex Consuelo, ex Vagus, ex Wanderer (Photograph album) A half-length close-up photograph of a man from Malaita Island. (Photographic print) (ALB1016.54) An indigenous hunter posing with bow and arrow hunting for fish. (Photographic print) (ALB1016.91) A head protrait photograph of a young chief from the Solomon Islands (Photographic print) (ALB1016.105)