Wax-eyes
Maker
Guthrie-Smith, William Herbert
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail
About this object
A photograph of a family of silvereyes or wax-eyes (Zosterops lateralis) thought to have been taken at Tutira Station in the early twentieth century. An adult bird perches on a branch beside its nest. Two chicks are visible on the nest, built on possibly a mānuka or kāhikatoa. The adult is in the process of feeding one of the young birds.
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 143mm
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, 17118
Credit Line
gifted by Ashley Cunningham
Other number(s)
m91/16, 17118, Album 38b, 85567
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