MANUSCRIPT
Photograph of two wakahuia
- Date
- [18--?]
- Reference
- qMS-0622-039
- Description
Two photographs of wakahuia. Accompanying caption reads "Wakahuia, a carved box for ornaments and tail feathers of the Huia bird, literally a jewel box, 181/2 in. in length. The handles comprise two figures in high relief, there are two heads on the lid. This box was brought from New Zealand to England in H.M.S. Alligator in 1834; of unusual and quaint design"
Quantity: 1 piece.
Physical Description: Two black and white photographs 155mm x 110mm, on paper 310mm x 200mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Donne, Thomas Edward 1860-1945 : The Maori, an annotated scrapbook / Donne, Thomas Edward 1860-1945 : The Maori, an annotated scrapbook
- Format
- 1 piece, Manuscripts, Two black and white photographs 155mm x 110mm, on paper 310mm x 200mm
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