IMAGE
Ngati Kahungunu perform haka powhiri at the wedding of Maud Donnelly and Mr F Churchill Perry
- Date
- 25 October 1899
- Reference
- PAColl-5584-02
- Description
Ngati Kahungunu perform haka powhiri at the wedding of Mr F Churchill and Maud Donnelly, daughter of George and Airini Donnelly, at Omahu on 25 October 1899. The woman in front pukanas (rolls her eyes) and waves greenery, a signal for visitors to come forward and be welcomed. Photograph taken by an unknown photographer.
Source of descriptive information - 'Maori' by Michael King (Heinemann, 1983), p 129; article in 'The Wanganui Chronicle', 25 October 1899
Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Wedding of Maude Donnelly, daughter of G P Donnelly (pencil note)
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Sepia toned silver gelatin print 13.7 x 20.6 cm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 2
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Gelatin silver prints, Group portraits, Sepia toned silver gelatin print 13.7 x 20.6 cm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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