Title

Women in festival attire, Melanesia, 1920.Artist: George Brown

Caption

Women in festival attire, Melanesia, 1920. Melanesian women dressed in all their finery ready to welcome home their menfolk who have been away in their canoes. A print from Customs of the World, Hutchinson and Company, 1920.
The Print Collector collection

Date

1920

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19C53_191

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (3,1Mb) / 11,9in x 16,3in / 3580 x 4885 (300dpi)

Keywords

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