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This photograph is inscribed with the words “Leapai” and “Polizist”, or police officer, and shows a Sāmoan man in uniform. Leapai may be the man’s given or birth name. He is wearing a European style jacket with a high collar and breast pocket that is buttoned on the side. The photograph was likely taken by John Davis in his studio in Matafele, Apia.
Author: Charlotte Klinge, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa