IMAGE
Man painting a moko on a carved wooden figure at the Whakarewarewa model village
- Date
- ca 1905
- Reference
- PAColl-3033-1-22
- Description
Unidentified Maori man painting a spiral moko on the buttocks of a carved wooden figure, alongside T E Donne's Maori whare at the Whakarewarewa model village. Photograph taken circa 1905. Photographer unidentified.
Inscriptions: Verso - J Cowan For tattooing and carving chapters make good tail piece! The finishing touch (Maori carver and [tattoo..?] putting the [?] on a carved tiki )
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 12 x 11.8 cm
Processing information: Formerly filed in Turnbull Library Pictures at 920. Donne, T E
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Cowan, James, 1870-1943 :Collection of photographs / Photographs from the James Cowan collection
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Silver gelatin print 12 x 11.8 cm, Orientation: Square image
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