photographic print(black and white);
postcard
- Museum number
- Oc,B131.36
- Description
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Postcard printed with a photograph (black and white); a group of Maori men and women in front of a house with ornate carvings performing a haka (dance) wearing various costume (e.g. cloaks, piupiu skirts, etc.) and holding various weapons; Whakarewarewa, New Zealand.
Printed
- Production date
- 1910s (circa)
- Dimensions
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Height: 8.80 centimetres
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Width: 13.70 centimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2008
- Acquisition notes
- 46 photographs from New Zealand, mostly Maoris, dating from the period 1860-1920. Most are in carte de visite and postcard format, and are portraits. They were purchased by the donor c 1985-2005 usually individually at book ad photograph fairs, and elsewhere in and around London.
- Department
- Africa, Oceania and the Americas
- Registration number
- Oc,B131.36
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 3171 (photographer's series number)