A study of a Samoan Savage: Subscapular with Skinfold Caliper

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A study of a Samoan Savage: Subscapular with Skinfold Caliper

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C-type print 680 x 1000 mm - The five works from Yuki Kihara’s 2015 series A Study of a Samoan Savage show a man as a manifestation of the Pacific demi-god Maui, being examined. The images show the use of medical instruments in the human body’s evaluation and reference the role of photography in 19th-century scientific and pseudo-scientific ana...

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Date created

2015

Creator

Yuki Kihara

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https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/22714

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race (concept) / ethnicity / somatology / anthropometry / A study of a Samoan Savage / Photograph

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