IMAGE
Raupo house near New Plymouth
- Date
- [ca 1860]
- Reference
- 1/2-011751-F
- Description
Raupo house near New Plymouth, ca 1860. Taken by an unidentified photographer.
Note on back of file print reads "see also 1/2-111063 which is the same image, but cropped"
"The kennel on the right suggests that a large dog shares this home. Equipment for doing the laundry can be seen by the hedge on the right. Raupo, a marsh reed, was a traditional building material of the Maori. The raupo was tied in bundles and lashed to a wooden framework with flax. The roof was then thatched. These homes were cheap and quick to build, and relatively weathertight. They were, however, highly inflammable and were eventually forbidden in towns. The imported doors and windows would later be transferred to a more permanent home." (Information taken from caption used in "Darling, I'm home!" display).
Exhibited in 'Darling, I'm Home!' exhibition at the National Library of New Zealand, 1 June - 5 July 1999.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Orientation: Horizontal image
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