Centenary Celebrations, Aitutaki, Cook Islands

Groups include: Aitutaki Church Council with delegates from other islands at Centenary Celebrations including Queen Tamatoa, descendant of the Chief who received the Gospel in 1821; Puihara, deacon, Raiatea, descendant of Vahapata, one of the pastors who came with John Williams, 1821; Tebeta, descen...

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Order number: CWM/LMS/South Seas/Photographs/Box 5
Date(s) of creation: 1921
Level: File
Format: Archive           

collection SOAS Archive
id CWM.LMS.02.10.023
recordtype archive
scb_item_location Archive & Special Collections
item_location Archive & Special Collections
scb_loan_type Reference only
scb_order_with CWM/LMS/South Seas/Photographs/Box 5
callnumber CWM/LMS/02/10/023
callnumber_txt CWM/LMS/02/10/023
callnumber-sort CWM/LMS/02/10/023
prefix_number 023
scb_previous_numbers b(viii)1-2, b(ix)1-2, b(x)1, b(xi)1-2, b(xii)1-2, b(xii)2. South Seas Cook Islands. Christian Life.
title Centenary Celebrations, Aitutaki, Cook Islands
scb_date_creation 1921
scb_level File
level_sort 7/Collection/Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Collection/Sub-Sub-Sub-Collection/Series/Sub-Series/Sub-Sub-Series/File
scb_extent 11 silver gelatin prints
format Archive
description Groups include: Aitutaki Church Council with delegates from other islands at Centenary Celebrations including Queen Tamatoa, descendant of the Chief who received the Gospel in 1821; Puihara, deacon, Raiatea, descendant of Vahapata, one of the pastors who came with John Williams, 1821; Tebeta, descendant of Papeiha, the other Pastor who came with John Williams in 1821; Materau [Pastor] and family [also including Rev Henry Bond James]; pastors and their wives including Materau, Teina, [henry Bond James]' Isaaka, Papa, Tau, George ?Turori; group re-enacting teaching the heathen the letters of the alphabet with Papeiha and Vahapata in play representing the arrival of the missionaries. Events include: Centenary Celebrations, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, 1921. Activites include: native dancing, Thursday 27 October, 1921, crowd watching dancing including man drinking coconut and policeman removing little girl; children joining in native dancing.
scb_access_status Open
scb_file_number 23
hierarchy_top_id_raw CWM
hierarchy_sequence CWM.00LMS.0002.0010.00023