photographic print (black and white); album

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photographic print(black and white); album

Object Type: photographic print (black and white); album
Museum number: Oc,A39.9
Description: Photograph (black and white); from an album; portrait of Maori woman, with huia feather in hair, wearing a kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak); with white feather border, hei tiki (neck pendant); holding a patu or mere (short club); with canoe prow behind woman; backdrop of tukutuku panels (of woven reeds); poupou (carved house panels); and rafters decorated with kowhaiwhai patterns; Whakarewarewa, New Zealand. Photogravure
Producer name
Production date: 1905 (circa)
Production place: Photographed in: Whakarewarewa
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 23.50 centimetres (image); Height: 27 centimetres (mount); Width: 18.30 centimetres (image); Width: 32.60 centimetres (mount)
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Curator's comments: The image was taken inside Te Rauru meeting house. This photograph is from an album of 13 images containing images by Thomas Pringle of Maori people.; Related image: A print of the same image can be found in the US National Anthropological Archives, registration number: NAA INV 05098000. They list this image as being created by "New Zealand Gov't Tourist & Publicity Dept".
Location: Not on display
Subjects: garment; textile; sculpture; personal-ornament; arms/armour; boat/ship
Associated places: Associated with: Whakarewarewa
Associated ethnic name
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc,A39.9