IMAGE
Maori woman carrying a baby on her back - Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington
- Date
- [ca 1900]
- Reference
- 1/1-003118-G
- Description
Portrait of an unidentified young Maori woman with a moko and short hair. She is carrying a young child on her back, both wrapped in a korowai (Maori tag cloak). Photographed by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s, probably at Wanganui.
Other - The moko appears to be retouched, possibly no actual moko?
Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - bottom right - 28
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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