Wax-eye nest
Maker
Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
A photograph of a bird's nest thought to have been taken at Tutira Station in the early twentieth century. The nest is identified on the album page as that of a silvereye or wax-eye (Zosterops lateralis). The nest is located in the branches of a tree, possibly a mānuka or kāhikatoa.
The photograph is mounted in an album titled: Photographs of birds on Tutira Station.
Photographer, Herbert Guthrie-Smith.
The photograph is mounted in an album titled: Photographs of birds on Tutira Station.
Photographer, Herbert Guthrie-Smith.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph mounted with photo corners in an album.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 108 x 151mm
Height x Width: 177 x 235mm
Height x Width: 177 x 235mm
Signature/Inscription
Wax-eye, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject period
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 17117
Credit Line
gifted by Ashley Cunningham
Other number(s)
m91/16, 17117, Album 38b, 85565
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