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#2066R Native women, New Caledonia Carte-de-visite by Allan Hughan, c 1880 104 x 64 mm The most noteworthy aspect of this studio composition is the fact that Hughan has chosen to include Fijian weapons as props. He would of course have been fully cogniscent of the fact that the European market for which his photographs were intended could not discern the difference between one cannibal weapon and another. At times Hughan's assemblages border on pure fantasy. Very good condition.