Traditional Maori artifacts

Traditional Maori artifacts
Date
between 1870-1900
Reference
1/1-019384-G
Description

Traditional Maori artifacts including hoe (waka paddles), patu (short hand weapons), boxes, decorated gourds and other carved wooden items, from the collection of Augustus Hamilton in the Hawkes Bay Philosophical Society, Napier. Photograph taken, probably in the 1890s, by Samuel Carnell of Napier.

Identified by comparison with 1/1-025852-G.

This photograph was published on page 324 of "Maori Art", by Augustus Hamilton. The caption indicated that the light coloured mere in the foreground, named Tahiti-whenua, belonged to Airini Tonore.

Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Carnell, Samuel 1832-1920 :Maori portrait negatives / Carnell, Samuel 1832-1920 :Maori portrait negatives
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches, Orientation: Vertical image
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