Photograph album of Whanganui River expedition

Photograph album of Whanganui River expedition
Date
1921
Reference
PA1-q-257
Description

Album of photographs taken 1921 by James Ingram McDonald while on an ethnographic expedition up the Whanganui River. The expedition was undertaken by McDonald, Elsdon Best, Peter Buck, and Johannes Carl Andersen, under the auspices of the Dominion Museum.

There are many views of the Whanganui River and villages, including numbers of waka at Koriniti, and views of eel traps across the river.

Very detailed sequences of photographs show flax weaving, coarser weave for kete and eel traps, and finer quality for clothing and ceremonial mats.

The captions appear to have been added later, in pencil, with some names being unclear.

Many of the photographs have copy negatives, some are 1/4 and some 1/2.

Other Titles - Wanganui River Expedition 1921

Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Physical Description: Album with blue cloth cover, black leather spine and corners, entitled "Photographs. Wanganui River Expedition 1921" on paper label attached to spine; brown paper pages with silver gelatin prints, all approx 10 x 15 cm, affixed; 35.0 x 22.5 cm

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McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs
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1 album(s) Album(s), Photographs, Album with blue cloth cover, black leather spine and corners, entitled "Photographs. Wanganui River Expedition 1921" on paper label attached to spine; brown paper pages with silver gelatin prints, all approx 10 x 15 cm, affixed; 35.0 x 22.5 cm
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Detail of an interior wall of Wai-Herehere Meeting house, Koroniti

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-6-2

Description: Detail of an interior wall of Wai-Herehere Meeting House, Koroniti. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print.

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Woman weaving a food basket (rourou or kono) from flax leaves, at Koroniti

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-30-1

Description: Woman seated on a flax mat weaving a food basket (rourou or kono) from flax leaves at Koroniti. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Photograph of a wicker fishing trap or pot (hinaki)

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-73-2

Description: A hinaki (Maori wicker fishing trap or pot) photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Maori group at Jerusalem, Wanganui

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-61-3

Description: Group at Jerusalem, Wanganui, photographed by James McDonald during an Dominion Museum ethnographic expedition in 1921. Shows Maori men, women and children on the verandah of a meeting house. In the foreground two women appear to be showing expedition member Johannes Andersen how to perform whai (string games). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 9.8 x 14.9 cm, on album page

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Kete

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-47-5

Description: View of a carry bag (kete) from below showing the the structure of its weave and its patterning. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921, probably at Koroniti. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Photograph of a kete

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-48-1

Description: View of a carry bag (kete) showing the the structure of its weave and its patterning. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921, probably at Koriniti Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Photograph of a kete with checker board patterning

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-46-6

Description: A kete woven of flax in two colours. This has resulted in a checker board pattern. Photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921, probably at Koroniti Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Elsdon Best talking to Father Augustine Venning in front of Maori group at Hiruharama (...

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-61-2

Description: Photograph of Elsdon Best talking with a priest (Father Augustine Venning), before a group of Maori men, women, and children sitting on the porch of a wooden whare. Photographed in 1921 by James Ingram Mcdonald. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 15.2 x 10.2 cm Processing information: Title and details altered in September 2018 when name of priest was confirmed by a researcher.

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A display of Maori fishing nets (kupenga) and fish traps (hinaki)

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-72-3

Description: A display of Maori fishing nets (Kupenga) and fish traps (Hinaki) photographed by James Ingram McDonald in 1921 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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Photograph of Poutauma modeling a fine flax cloak (kaitaka), at Koroniti

Date: 1921

From: McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935 :Photographs

Reference: PA1-q-257-22-4

Description: Poutauma modeling a fine flax cloak decorated with taniko borders (kaitaka) outside the meeting house at Koroniti. Photograph taken by James Ingram McDonald in 1921. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print

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