Portrait, unidentified Māori woman
Maker
Burton, The Studio
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
The portrait is of an unidentified Māori woman with a moko kauae (chin tattoo) and wearing a feather korowai (cloak). In her hair are two feathers, one white, the other black with a white tip. In her hand she holds a whale bone kotiate (club).
Photographer, Burton, The Studio, Hastings.
Date, unknown. Possibly taken in the 1880s and 1890s.
Photographer, Burton, The Studio, Hastings.
Date, unknown. Possibly taken in the 1880s and 1890s.
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Production technique
Media/Materials description
Mounted on card, black and white photograph.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Cabinet print: Height x Width: 165 x 108mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 148 x 104mm
Photograph: Height x Width: 148 x 104mm
Signature/Inscription
3. Museum Artefacts Collection, Label, Handwritten
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Caption
Collection of Hawke's Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, 8916
Other number(s)
8916, 92194
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