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Group of women, Papawai Pa, Greytown
Date: May 1898
From: Vosseler, Frederick William, 1878-1959 :Negatives of Greytown and Whanganui region
Reference: 1/1-007842-G
Description: Photograph of a group of Maori women, with a boy standing on either side of the group; some of the women are wearing traditional Maori clothing (piupiu) over their European clothes. Three of the women have moko. Photograph taken by Frederick William Vosseler, probably during a hui held at Papawai 20-25 May 1898, that was attended by the Governor and Prime Minister. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches
Group at Papawai Pa, Greytown
Date: May 1898
From: Vosseler, Frederick William, 1878-1959 :Negatives of Greytown and Whanganui region
Reference: 1/1-007841-G
Description: Photograph of a group of men, women and children at Papawai Pa. Some of the women are wearing traditional Maori clothing (piupiu) over their European clothes, and are carrying poi. In the foreground a woman paints the face of another. Standing at right background is Patrick Coffey, a market gardener from Taranaki. Photograph taken by Frederick William Vosseler, probably during a hui held at Papawai 20-25 May 1898, that was attended by the Governor and Prime Minister. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
AFCM album 3
Date: [ca 1927]-[ca 1943]
From: AFCM :Six albums containing newspaper and magazine clippings, and some original photographs
By: Ryan, Thomas, 1864-1927; Goldie, Charles Frederick, 1870-1947
Reference: PA1-f-124
Description: Album of newspaper and magazine cuttings, photographs, and prints of paintings in colour and black & white, mostly of Maori subjects, with some images of geographically interesting sites in New Zealand, including Mount Tongariro, Lake Waikaremoana, and the Waimangu Crater. The Maori material includes prints of paintings by Goldie, and prints of paintings of Maori by T. Ryan, some of which are copies of works by Goldie. There is a print of a painting by T. Ryan, showing Tomika Te Mutu, painting done from an original sketch by Horatio Gordon Robley. There are many publicity photographs of Maori, showing clothing, particularly cloaks, and showing various activities in Maori pa, including weaving, firelighting, poi dances, and waka poi. Also includes images of Maori waka on the Waikato River; 2 pages of Maori rock carvings, found in a cave shelter on the Kaingaroa Plains in 1926, and one on Maori god-sticks (Pou whakapakoko).
Photograph album of Whanganui River expedition
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257
Description: Album of photographs taken 1921 by James Ingram McDonald while on an ethnographic expedition up the Whanganui River. The expedition was undertaken by McDonald, Elsdon Best, Peter Buck, and Johannes Carl Andersen, under the auspices of the Dominion Museum. There are many views of the Whanganui River and villages, including numbers of waka at Koriniti, and views of eel traps across the river. Very detailed sequences of photographs show flax weaving, coarser weave for kete and eel traps, and finer quality for clothing and ceremonial mats. The captions appear to have been added later, in pencil, with some names being unclear. Many of the photographs have copy negatives, some are 1/4 and some 1/2. Other Titles - Wanganui River Expedition 1921 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with blue cloth cover, black leather spine and corners, entitled "Photographs. Wanganui River Expedition 1921" on paper label attached to spine; brown paper pages with silver gelatin prints, all approx 10 x 15 cm, affixed; 35.0 x 22.5 cm