An indigenous hunter posing with bow and arrow hunting for fish.

An image showing 'ALB1016; ALB1016; HMS Sealark (1898) ex Investigator, ex Consuelo, ex Vagus, ex Wanderer. 'A Native shooting Fish’.'

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An indigenous hunter posing with bow and arrow hunting for fish.

A profile photograph of an indigenous hunter posing with his arrow drawn on his bow, hunting for fish. His wearing a patterned cloth around is waist. The arrow is double barbed. Behind him is a slender tree trunk next to the shore of some water. This is possibly from Solomon Islands, although the other photographs on the page are from Fiji and Cairn's Range, Queensland Australia.

The print is captioned: 'A native shooting fish'.

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Object Details

ID:	ALB1016.91
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)