Samoa Islands (island group)
Found in 107 Collections and/or Records:
[On with the dance], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '28/6' next to '57.'.
[On with the dance], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '23/7' next to the following notes: '58. Waist band of leaves dyed - oil again'.
[On with the dance], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '23/8' next to '59.'.
[On with the dance], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '23/10' next to '60.'.
[On with the dance], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '23/11' next to '61.'.
[One-man outrigger canoe], 1903
[Papaloa or jumping rick (stream)], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '29/5' next to '68. Papalaloa or jumping rick'.
[Passers-by on the road], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '22/10' next to '79. Road scene'.
[Path through banana plantation], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '29/9' next to '52. Path thro' bananas'.
[Preparing food outside a fale], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '27/12' next to the following notes: '47. Samoan oven - first fire and heat stones, when these are hot spread out food to be cooked place on with leaves over. No Banquet without pigs. Many pigs kept as pets. Led about with a string'.
[Preparing kava, the Samoans' national drink], 1903
[Road at Mulinu'u, Apia], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '24/9' next to '75. Road at Mulinuu Vaea Mountain'.
[Samoan chief's house], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '21/7' next to the following notes: '8. Chief's house, description of house - some round - some oval, posts round centre post, venetian or samoan blinds - made from leaves of cocoanut palm - pebbles on floor - mats - notice hills behind - stature of natives, dress'.
[Samoan chief's house], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '21/8 9' between the typewritten notes labelled '8.' and '10.'
[Samoan chief's house], 1903
[Samoan houses under palm trees], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '22/8' next to '81.'.
[Samoan soldiers], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '24/5' next to the following notes: '26. Costume of soldiers. Various styles of dressing the hair, some women cut it short like men, very difficult to distinguish - flower behind ear -or'.
[Samoan women, showing piled-up hair style], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '22/5' next to the following notes: '27. others dress it high on special occasions usually black but great idea of beauty is to get it a bronze colour; this colour obtained by lime - '.
[Samoans bathing in a rock pool], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '27/2' next to the following notes: '67. Samoans are a cleanly people, always bathing once and generally twice a day in fresh water either in one of the numerous rivers or in the fresh water pools by the sea shore - use a great quantity of soap'.
[Schooner in full sail], 1903
[Seated dancers], 1903
[Sheep coming ashore from steamer], 1903
[Small boy holding plucked pigeon], 1903
Smithson has pencilled '25/9' next to '49. Boy with pigeon'.