A half-length close-up photograph of a man from Malaita Island.

An image showing 'ALB1016; ALB1016; HMS Sealark (1898) ex Investigator, ex Consuelo, ex Vagus, ex Wanderer. 'A Head Hunter of Malita island’.'

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A half-length close-up photograph of a man from Malaita Island.

A half-length close-up photograph of a man with a short beard and long dreaded hair from Malaita Island, Solomon Islands. He is wearing a large white hoop earing in his left earlobe and a beaded necklace. A strip of woven patterned cloth is around the tops of both arms just below the shoulder joint. The sitter is looking out to the left of the photograph.

The print is captioned: 'A Head Hunter of Malita island'.

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Object Details

ID:	ALB1016.54
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)