IMAGE
Photograph of two Maori girls outside a whare at Taumarunui
- Date
- 1885
- By
- Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914
- Reference
- PA7-36-19
- Description
Two girls, one identified as Rana, beside a whare. Rana is repairing a cloak which is spread out on the roof of the whare. A pheasant is hanging from the roof beam to the left of the girl seated in front of the whare. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton ca May 1885
In BB-3570 the same girl is identified as `Rane'.
Issued as a postcard by Muir & Moodie in 1906 and entitled `Maori girl thatching a whare, Taumaranui, NZ'.
Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3576. Taumaranui - King Country. Burton Bros, Dunedin; Photographer's title on negative - centre right - Rana; Mount recto - left of image - Registrar of Copyrights, New Zealand. 688
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Albumen print 19.8 x 14.4 cm on mount 29.2 x 22.8 cm
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- New Zealand Department of Justice, Commissioner of Patents :Collection of Burton Brothers prints
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Albumen print 19.8 x 14.4 cm on mount 29.2 x 22.8 cm, Orientation: Vertical image
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