IMAGE
Funeral procession for Mr and Mrs Williams at the Arahura marae, West Coast
- Date
- [early 1900s]
- Reference
- 1/2-057562-F
- Description
Scene at Arahura, West Coast, showing the funeral procession for Mr and Mrs Williams at the Arahura marae, West Coast, in the early 1900s. Looks, from an elevated position, over a group gathered a hearse on the road between a hall and the Arahura railway station. The Arahura River is in the distance. Photographer unidentified.
Note on back of file print reads: "Mr and Mrs Inia Tuhuru of Arahura, parents of Tipare and Irai Tihau Tuhuru" (Archivist's note - the relationship of this information to the photograph is unknown.)
Other - Published in Maori : a photographic and social history / Michael King. Auckland, N.Z. : Heineman, 1983, page 138.
Mrs Williams died first. Her husband wanted to join her so lay down beside her and also died. (Information from Maori : a photographic and social history / Michael King. Auckland, N.Z. : Heineman, 1983, page 138)
Quantity: 1 b&w copy negative(s).
Physical Description: Film negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- King, Michael (Dr), 1945-2004 : Photographs relating to Maori
- Format
- 1 b&w copy negative(s), Negatives, Film negative, Orientation: Horizontal image
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