Turahui - Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington

Turahui - Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington
Date
[ca 1900]
Reference
1/1-003111-G
Description

Studio portrait of an elderly Maori man wearing a korowai and holding a patu in his righthand. He has a moustache and beard, facial moko, and has two huia feathers stuck into the back of a cloth headband. Photographed by William Henry Thomas Partington ca 1900, probably at Wanganui. Identified on back of file print as Turahui, but in Whanganui Museum photo collection as Tarahui.

Source of descriptive information - Te Awa; Partington's photographs of Whanganui Maori (Whanganui Museum Collection)

Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom left - 29

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

Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Auckland Star :Negatives
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Portraits, Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches, Orientation: Vertical image
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Turahui - Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington. Auckland Star :Negatives. Ref: 1/1-003111-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22709374

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