Mary Metikingi, possibly from Wanganui - Photographer unidentified

Mary Metikingi, possibly from Wanganui - Photographer unidentified
Date
ca 1900
Reference
1/2-012424-G
Description

Portrait of Mary Metikingi, possibly of Wanganui. She wears a white tipped feather in her hair, ear adornments made of ribbon and teeth, a tiki and a pendant around her neck, and a kahu huruhuru (Maori feather cloak). She has a facial moko. Photograph taken circa 1900 by an unidentified photographer.

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

Physical Description: Glass negative

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Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
National Publicity Studios: Maori portraits / National Publicity Studios: Maori portraits
Format
1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Glass negative, Orientation: Vertical image
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