Portrait of Topia Turoa
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About this object
A half length carte de visite portrait of Te Ati Haunui-a-Paparangi rangatira Topia Peehi Turoa. He is dressed in kaitaka and wearing moko. He has a huia feather in his hair and a pipe in his mouth. His gaze does not meet the camera. The background is neutral.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, unknown.
Photographer, unknown.
Date, unknown.
Collection
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Media/Materials description
Black and white carte de visite photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 102 x 64mm
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Subject person
Subject period
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Credit Line
gifted by anonymous
Other number(s)
m2004/19/77, 12822, 79179
Public comments
This is my ancestor Topia Turoa, wow amazing to see a close up like this... there is one other similar picture of him that helped me to identify him: https://collection.pukeariki.com/objects/181887/topia-turoa
- Koro Matene Star Sciascia posted 2 years ago.