Set of photographs on Oceania. Circa 1890-1920. 58 black-and - Lot 240

Set of photographs on Oceania. Circa 1890-1920. 58 black-and-white positive glass plates, mostly lined and captioned. Examples include: reproductions of works, Case de Majoa, New Caledonia, Gilbertin in war costume, Samoa type, Fijian chief, group of Maoris, Wood bells - Solomon Islands, Fijian mission, Fijian potters, daughter of a chief - Solomon Islands, Maori chief - New Zealand, Australian, Samoines, Church of Bishanel - Fiji, Solomon Islanders, Fijian man, Solomon Islander hunter, Maoris adorned in their coats made of flox, Gilbertins - war costume, tattooed man, Maori woman, Australian violin, Samoan bamboo, Samoan girls, tomb of a Solomonese chief, Solomonese pirogue, Solomonese pagan temple, New Zealand man, Samoan dance, Fijian pirogue, Solomonese pirogue, piano and drum, Babiroussa animal, cannibal, Fijian cannibals, Caledonian hut, Fijian banana trees, Saint-Louis Island, etc. Some plates broken, cracked and missing. Average size 8.5 x 10 cm. Enclosed are 6 "Projections 'La Parfaite' Guilleminot Cie" boxes containing nearly 90 negative glass plates, many reproduced as positives, in envelopes with "Oceania" stamp and pencil captions (examples: reproductions, girls going to the provisions Solomon Islands", "Duel between two Solomon Islanders", "Fight between two tribes - Solomon Islands", "Solomon Islander and her baby", "Turtle - Solomon Island", "Australian piano", "Caledonian girls", "Tattooed man - Marquesas Islands", "Children's dances", "Samoan girls", "Fruits of the Tropic and the Equator" "Australian - Cape York Peninsula", "Tomb of a Solomon chief", "P. Bertreux chez les Fidjiens", "Pirogue Salomonaise", "Guerriers des îles Salomons", etc. Average plate size 8.5 x 10 cm. Various states. Expert : Isabelle CAZEILS - info@expertiseiclic.com