Indigenous houses built on stilts over the water at Zamboanga, Mindanao

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Indigenous houses built on stilts over the water at Zamboanga, Mindanao

A view across the water to the indigenous houses built on stilts in the water just off the beach at Zamboanga, Mindanao Islands, Philippines. In the forground is a local boat with outriggers. From its size, it could be the 'sahpit', used for the tranport of cargoes. Other outriggers are secured to the stilts in the background.

HMS Challenger (1858), on her scientific circumnavigation, visited the same area twice: once in October 1874 and again in January/February 1875. However, the photographs next in the sequence for both albums relate to Manila, which was visited straight after in October 1874.

The same print features in album ALB0859. The captions in the albums are different, indicating different places. However, it is the former that is correct:
ALB0175/98 - "Moro or Indian Huts built in the water, Zamboanga, Mindanas"
ALB0859/33 - "View at Dobbo [Dubo] Aru Islands", which are in the Moluccas.

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Object Details

ID:	ALB0175.98
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Hodgeson, Frederick
Date made:	23-26 October 1874
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts:	Scientific discovery expedition of HMS Challenger (1858) 1872-76, album of Assistant Paymaster John Hynes (Photograph album) A large tabular iceberg in the South Atlantic (Photographic print) (ALB0175.26) A profile portrait photograph of King George of Tonga (Photographic print) (ALB0175.42) A portait photograph of Queen Charlotte of Tonga (Photographic print) (ALB0175.44) A portait photograph of an unknown Tongan man on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.45) A general view along a palm-fringed beach, Tongatabu (Photographic print) (ALB0175.46) A group photograph of four Tongan men and one woman on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.47) A portrait of a Fijian man in metal cuffs (Photographic print) (ALB0175.56) A Malay trader with his son Arron (Photographic print) (ALB0175.57) A general view of the settlement at Levuka, Fiji. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.58) A half-length photograph of a Kai Colo warrior, Fiji (Photographic print) (ALB0175.59) A seated Fijian woman in a short liku skirt. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.60) A group of Fijians on board HMS Challenger (1858) (Photographic print) (ALB0175.61) A broadside view of a Fijian double canoe under sail. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.65) The Pink Terrace, Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand (Photographic print) (ALB0175.84) A bread fruit tree in the middle of a village, Ki Doulan. (Photographic print) (ALB0175.87) Indigenous houses built on stilts over the water at Zamboanga, Mindanao (Photographic print) (ALB0175.98)