A portrait of a woman and two children
Maker
Duncan, Russell
Production date
Apr 1893
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The glass plate negative is a group portrait of a Māori women with two children at Tokaanu. Written underneath the original photograph is: Rangihaua. This name has been crossed out and Rora substituted. The name possibly refers to the wahine. She is wearing a hei tiki. The boy and girl are not identified. The negative has been taken outdoors. Tokaanu was a settlement located at the south end of Lake Taupo, five kilometres west of Tūrangi.
Photographer, Russell Duncan.
Date, probably April 1893.
Photographer, Russell Duncan.
Date, probably April 1893.
Collection
Production date
Apr 1893
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Chemical emulsion on glass.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 165 x 120mm
Classification terms
Subject period
Subject date
Apr 1893
Current rights
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 6694
Credit Line
from the Russell Duncan Collection
Other number(s)
6694, 85671
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