Dominion Museum (N.Z.) :Maori housing. Maori clothing. Dominion Museum Education Service [1940s?]

Information sheet shows information and illustration of two topics. The upper part relates to Maori housing showing photographs of a Maori house at Wairarapa, a model village erected at the Christchurch Exhibition, a carved meeting house, raupo whare, the interior of a whare. There are eleven illustrations in all.

The lower half shows photographs of Maori in traditional and in European dress, and includes reproductions of two paintings by James Ingram mcDonald. The text describes the process of preparing flax, weaving and dying, and describes the piupiu.

Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s).

Physical Description: Photolithograph on sheet 592 x 457 mm.