Samoan Collection

Rare birds From Navigators' Islands: the Didunculus strigirostris, 1864. Creator: Pearson
Rare birds From Navigators' Islands: the Didunculus strigirostris or tooth-billed pigeon, 1864. Engraving from a drawing by E. Thomas

Conflict between the Natives of Samoa and the Crew of H.M.S. Barracouta, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Conflict between the Natives of Samoa and the Crew of H.M.S. Barracouta, 1876. Engraving after a sketch by Assistant Paymaster Rudge....the King, Captain Stevens, the Consuls

Council House, Samoa, the Scene of the Late Conflict, 1876. Creator: Unknown
Council House, Samoa, the Scene of the Late Conflict, 1876....the insurrection, or revolution...caused an intervention on the part of a British ship of war

'Indigenes des environs d'Apia (iles Samoa); Les Terres Du Pacifique, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'Indigenes des environs d'Apia (iles Samoa); Les Terres Du Pacifique, 1914. From "Grande Geographie Bong Illustree", 1914

Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa, 1895-1896. Creator: John La Farge
Girl in Bow of Canoe Spreading Out Her Loin-Cloth for a Sail, Samoa, 1895-1896

A Samoan belle, wearing necklaces of teeth and shells, 1902. Artist: Thomas Andrew
A Samoan belle, wearing necklaces of teeth and shells, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

M. K. LeMemea of Samoa, 1877-1878. Creator: Unknown
M.K. LeMemea of Samoa, 1877-1878. LeMemea, Hon. M.K. Embassador [sic] from Samoa Islands, 1877 or 1878

Samoan Man, ca. 1885-1899. Creator: Antonio Zeno Shindler
Samoan Man, ca. 1885-1899

Girls Carrying a Canoe, Vaiala in Samoa, 1891. Creator: John La Farge
Girls Carrying a Canoe, Vaiala in Samoa, 1891

Portrait of Fse, the Taupo, or Official Virgin, of Fagaloa Bay, and Her Duenna, Samoa, 1891 (?)

Jeune Fille De Samoa, (Young Samoan Girl), 1900. Creator: Unknown
Jeune Fille De Samoa, (Young Samoan Girl), 1900. From " Autour du Monde - Fascicule XLI". [L. Boulanger, Paris, 1900 ]

A Samoan canoe with outrigger, and its occupants, 1902. Artist: Kerry & Co
A Samoan canoe with outrigger, and its occupants, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Samoan girl, with chaplet of hibiscus flowers, 1902. Artist: Thomas Andrew
A Samoan girl, with chaplet of hibiscus flowers, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Samoan chief in full ceremonial costume, 1902. Artist: Thomas Andrew
A Samoan chief in full ceremonial costume, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Samoan woman wearing a collar of cachalots teeth and a ceremonial headdress, 1902. Artist: Josiah Martin
A Samoan woman wearing a collar of cachalots teeth and a ceremonial headdress of tow and mother-of-pearl, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co. London, 1902]

A group of Samoan dancing women in full costume, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A group of Samoans, including the well-known rebel Mata afa Iosefo (the standing figure), 1902. Artist: Thomas Andrew
A group of Samoans, including the well-known rebel Mata afa Iosefo (the standing figure), 1902. Mata afa Iosefo was the candidate backed by the Germans for the kingship of Samoa during their rivalry

A Samoan chief, Vraila, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A maid of the village, Suenga, Samoa, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Church, Samoa, c1875

Man from the Samoan Islands, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Woman from the Samoan Islands, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Australian Inhabitants, 1800-1850. Artist: G Mutzel
Australian Inhabitants, 1800-1850. Far from being one homogenous race, at the time of European settlement in the 18th century, the estimated 750

The German consul seeks refuge on a german war ship, 1899. Artist: Henri Meyer
The German consul seeks refuge on a german war ship, 1899. Samoan Civil Wars were a series of wars between Germany, the United Kingdom, and the United States

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