Portrait, unidentified Māori woman

Maker
Cobb, Harriet Sophia
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The portrait is of an unidentified Māori woman with a moko on her chin and wearing a korowai. In her hair is a feather and around her neck, a pounamu tiki.

Photographer, Harriet Sophia Cobb.
Date, unknown. Possibly taken in the 1880s and 1890s.
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Mounted on card, black and white photograph. It is a cabinet print.
Measurements
Cabinet print: Height x Width: 175 x 132mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 140 x 100mm
Signature/Inscription
5. Museum Artefacts Collection, Label
Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 8912
Other number(s)
8912, 92190

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