Passing a dreaded point. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Showing a canoe paddling past a sheer-sided headland: 'Precipitous cliffs such as this are especially feared in rough weather, and the steersman usually supplicates the genius loci under the title of Numas ('old man'). '
Bridal group. Photographer: Curtis, Edward Sheriff
Scope & Content:
Group portrait, the figures posed between two massive carved and painted posts: 'The bride stands in the middle between two dancers hired for the occasion. Her father is at the left, and the bridegroom's father at the right behind a man who presides over the box-drum.'