photographic print (black and white); album; postcard

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photographic print(black and white); album; postcard

Object Type: photographic print (black and white); album; postcard
Museum number: Oc,A60.80
Description: Postcard printed with a photograph (black and white), from an album; two Maori women guides, Eileen and Pipi, outdoors in front of Te Puia (a Maori Pa or fortress), with a carved wooden archway and fencing; the carved wooden archway consists of anthropomorphic figures around the outskirts of the arch and two figures facing one another in the centre; the women wear cloth shirts and skirts; Whakarewarewa, New Zealand. Printed
Producer name: Photographed by: Frederick George Radcliffe; Printed by: Frank Duncan & Co LTD
Production date: 1900s
Production place: Photographed in: Whakarewarewa
Excavator/field collector
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Dimensions: Height: 13.70 centimetres (image); Height: 8.80 centimetres (mount); Width: 8.80 centimetres (image); Width: 33.40 centimetres (mount)
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Curator's comments: Related collections: This group of photographs relates to other photographs and works of art donated by Noelle Sandwith (See Oc,B134 and 135, among others).
Location: Not on display
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Associated places: Topographic representation of: Whakarewarewa
Associated ethnic name
Acquisition date: 1994
Acquisition notes: This Album is part of a collection received by the British Museum as a gift from the artist herself (Picdoc 168 and Eth doc 1054).
Department: Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number: Oc,A60.80
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: 3648 (photographer's series number)

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