IMAGE
Doorway with Maori carvings at the Government Tourist Department's court, New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch 1906-1907
- Date
- between 1906-1907
- Reference
- 1/1-005023-G
- Description
Doorway with Maori carvings at the Government Tourist Department's court, New Zealand International Exhibition, in Hagley Park, Christchurch, 1906-1907. Photograph taken by the Steffano Webb Studio.
A similar picture appears on page 145 of the book: Official record of the New Zealand International Exhibition of Arts and Industries held at Christchurch, 1906-7 : a descriptive and historical account / by J. Cowan. (ATL - P606 CHR 1910; NZC - 606 COW 1910). A note alongside the picture may be describing the image: "...and some fine examples of Maori art in wood-carving, of which the best was a handsome pare, the work of an Arawa artist with chisel and mallet, surmounting the rear door of the court, with its necessary complements in the form of waewae of "legs" beautifully carved, on either side of the doorway."
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Glass negative
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Glass negative
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Doorway with Maori carvings at the Government Tourist Department's court, New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch 1906-1907. Webb, Steffano, 1880-1967: Collection of negatives. Ref: 1/1-005023-G. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22753464More information can be found in our terms of use.