A portrait of a Māori woman

Maker
Tesla Studios
Current rights
Public Domain
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Object detail

About this object
The portrait is of an unidentified Māori woman probably from the Hawke's Bay area. She has a hei tiki around her neck, a moko kauae on her chin and feathers and ribbons in her hair. She has two korowai or wrapped around her. She is photographed in a studio.

Photographer, The Tesla Studios, Heretaunga Street, Hastings.
Date, unknown. However the Tesla Studios are recorded as operating in Hastings from 1900.
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Black and white photograph on a card mount.
Measurements
Photograph: Height x Width: 198 x 148mm
Mount: Height x Width: 298 x 250mm
Subject period
Subject date
1900
Other number(s)
8911, 85729

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