Aumaga seated around tanoa bowl, 'Ava (or kava) ceremony, Samoa.
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Item data
Title
Aumaga seated around tanoa bowl, 'Ava (or kava) ceremony, Samoa.
Collection
Pacific pursuits : Postcards
Oceania
Names
Tattersall, A. J. (Photographer)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1916 (Approximate)
Place: Apia, Samoa
Library Location
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Subjects
Samoans
Rites & ceremonies
Kava ceremony
Women, Samoan
Genres
Postcards
Ethnographic Photographs
Group Portraits
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: "A. J. T. Photo Apia 51"--scratched on negative.
Content: "Just returned from Samoa. The kava ceremony was done in my honor and I was named--Luciata [?]--(maker of pictures). Leave for home tomorrow via Vancouver by the Niagara. Am feeling fine and hope to find you all well. Lovingly [illegible] Suva Oct 5 1916."--penned message on verso.
Physical Description
Photographic postcards
Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 8.6 x 13.6 cm.
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8fdb1300-c5d2-012f-db94-58d385a7bc34
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1916
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Aumaga seated around tanoa bowl, 'Ava (or kava) ceremony, Samoa." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1916. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fdb1300-c5d2-012f-db94-58d385a7bc34
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1916). Aumaga seated around tanoa bowl, 'Ava (or kava) ceremony, Samoa. Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fdb1300-c5d2-012f-db94-58d385a7bc34
Chicago/Turabian Format
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Aumaga seated around tanoa bowl, 'Ava (or kava) ceremony, Samoa." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fdb1300-c5d2-012f-db94-58d385a7bc34
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