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Marama Mata of Porirua comes of age - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley
- Date
- 29 October 1979
- Reference
- EP/1979/3832/34-F
- Description
Mrs Mii Mata of Porirua watches as her daughter, Mrs Rau Tere, cuts a lock of hair from the head of 7 year old Marama Mata, as part of his coming of age ceremony. This ceremony is a Rarotongan custom. Photograph taken by Evening Post staff photographer Ian Mackley on the 29th of October 1979.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm negative strip.
Finding Aids: Print in Turnbull Library Pictures Evening Post illustrations file at EP-Ethnology-Cook Islanders.
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- Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers / Marama Mata of Porirua comes of age - Photographs taken by Ian Mackley
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s) individual image on a 35mm negative strip, Negatives
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Marama Mata of Porirua comes of age - Photograph taken by Ian Mackley. Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers. Ref: EP/1979/3832/34-F. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/23085009More information can be found in our terms of use.