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Photograph album of Whanganui River expedition
- Date
- 1921
- 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
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- Part of
- McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
- Format
- 1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, 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
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Detail of an interior wall of Wai-Herehere Meeting house, Koroniti
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-6-2
Description: Detail of an interior wall of Wai-Herehere Meeting House, Koroniti. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print.
Woman weaving a food basket (rourou or kono) from flax leaves, at Koroniti
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-30-1
Description: Woman seated on a flax mat weaving a food basket (rourou or kono) from flax leaves at Koroniti. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Photograph of a wicker fishing trap or pot (hinaki)
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-73-2
Description: A hinaki (Maori wicker fishing trap or pot) photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Maori group at Jerusalem, Wanganui
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-61-3
Description: Group at Jerusalem, Wanganui, photographed by James McDonald during an Dominion Museum ethnographic expedition in 1921. Shows Maori men, women and children on the verandah of a meeting house. In the foreground two women appear to be showing expedition member Johannes Andersen how to perform whai (string games). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9.8 x 14.9 cm, on album page
Kete
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-47-5
Description: View of a carry bag (kete) from below showing the the structure of its weave and its patterning. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921, probably at Koroniti. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Shows the method of weaving flax, and the finished effect, probably at Koroniti
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-45-2
Description: Illustrating a method of weaving strips of flax, and the finished effect. This may be a detail of a kete under construction. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921, probably at Koroniti Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Man weaving a fish trap
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-71-2
Description: Unidentified man weaving a fish trap. Photograph taken by James Ingram McDonald in 1921. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Woman weaving a food basket (rourou or kono) from flax leaves, at Koroniti
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-30-2
Description: Woman seated on a flax mat weaving a food basket (rourou or kono) from flax leaves at Koroniti. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Maori flax skirt (piupiu), probably at Koroniti
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-44-1
Description: A Maori flax skirt (piupiu) photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921, probably at Koroniti. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print
Photograph of a finely woven flax floor mat (takapau)
Date: 1921
From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
Reference: PA1-q-257-47-2
Description: A finely woven flax floor mat (takapau) dispalyed by Mrs Pokiha Pene. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921 probably at Koroniti Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print