Malietoa Tanu, King of Samoa

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Title

Malietoa Tanu, King of Samoa

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Collection

Te Papa Collections Online

Description

This is a portrait view of Malietoa Tanumafili I (1880-1939) who was the son of a leading title holder Malietoa Laupepa and his wife Sisavai'i. He was invested with the paramount Malietoa title in 1898 and went on to become one of the leaders in the Mau a Pule resistance movement by 1908. Fautua On the death of Mata'afa Iosefo in 1912 the position of Ali'i Sili was abolished and Tanumafili was appointed by the German governor Solf as joint Fautua (high advisor) with Tupua Tamasese Lealofi. T...

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Image

Creator

Muir & Moodie

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/17718

Related subjects

Kings / Indigenous peoples / Huts / Men / Malietoa Tanumafili I / Sāmoan / silver / photographic gelatin / sheet glass / photographic plates / black-and-white negatives / gelatin dry plate negatives / portraits / black-and-white photography / copying / New Zealand / Sāmoa

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