Four men in a Solomon Island outrigger canoe

Four men in an outrigger canoe at Faisi, one of the Shortland Islands within the Solomon Group. The four are looking at the camera. The three men towards the stern are each holding a long-handled paddle with tear-drop blade. A man in a canoe is the background.

The reverse of the print has the pencil caption: 'Native canoe Faisi'.

HMS Sussex arrived at Faisi, Solomon Islands on 6 September 1935 and departed on 10 September 1935 for Tulogi, Solomon Islands.

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ID:	ALB1214.230
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	6 September 1935 - 10 September 1935
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 90 mm x 139 mm
Parts:	Royal Tour of Duke of Gloucester on HMS Sussex, 1934-1935 (Photograph album) Captain Cook's cottage (Photographic print) (ALB1214.103) A formal photograph of the crew of HMS Sussex (1928) (Photographic print) (ALB1214.119) HMS Sussex's Royal Marine and Maori tug-of-war teams (Photographic print) (ALB1214.158) Waitangi flag staff at Waitangi Treaty Grounds (Photographic print) (ALB1214.162) Four Maori women standing by a vent at Rotorua (Photographic print) (ALB1214.182) A Solomon Islander sitting on the bow of a canoe drawn up on a beach at Faisi. (Photographic print) (ALB1214.229) Four men in a Solomon Island outrigger canoe (Photographic print) (ALB1214.230) A half-length photographic portrait of an Australian Aboriginal woman (Photographic print) (ALB1214.236)

Four men in a Solomon Island outrigger canoe

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