IMAGE
Unidentified whare runanga (Maori meeting house)
- Date
- Circa 1900s
- Reference
- APG-1965-1/4-G
- Description
Two Maori in front of an unidentified raupo meeting house. The seated woman is wearing European clothes and a Hei Tiki; the man standing beside her is also in European clothes. The building is thatched completely (roof and walls). There is a cross above the koruru (carved head ornamenting the front gable); there is no carving on the maihi (facing boards on the front gable), but the raparapa (projecting portion of the maihi) is carved. A bush-clad hill is visible behind the meeting house. Photographed by Albert Percy Godber.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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