IMAGE
Burton Brothers, Dunedin :Te Hauhau at Te Kuiti - King Country. [From John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)]
- Date
- 1875 - 1890 - 1885 - 1891
- By
- Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
- Reference
- A-274-032
- Description
A reproduction of a photograph, showing Te Hauhau, a Maori chief or priest, seated at the entrance of a carved and painted wharenui. He is clad in formal Maori clothing with huia feathers in his hair and is holding a taiaha, point down, in front of him.
Image is reversed with printed photographers' number (3606) and title appearing back-to-front
Inscriptions: Recto - centre left - in pencil 'Not clear, carving and the chief quite dim, can it be made so that it can shew all in the picture. J. White, 17 July '89'. Also lower right in pencil: 'Mr White. Reverse and name please'.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Photogravure, on sheet 291 x 230 mm
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.
- Additional description
Copy is badly torn from having been folded in the past
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890 / Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Photogravures, Portraits, Photogravure, on sheet 291 x 230 mm
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