A seated group of Samoans and Europeans, including Robert Louis Stevenson, inside of Robert Louis Stevenson's estate, Vailima, near Apia, Samoa. A kava bowl is in the foreground, and later hand-painting accentuates the brightness of necklaces, and the surrounding foliage, as well as the whiteness of linen clothing on many of the individuals pictured. A black and white photograph of this scene is in the collection of The Writers' Museum, Edinburgh, Scotland, 19740.
Bibliography:
Charles Greene, Talofa, Samoa; a summer sail to an enchanted isle. San Francisco: San Francisco News Company, 1896.
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