Views of Māori at an unidentified event near the Dowse Art Gallery and Lower Hutt Horticultural Hall

Views of Māori at an unidentified event near the Dowse Art Gallery and Lower Hutt Horticultural Hall
Date
1979
Reference
AW-1793
Description

All scenes show farewell scenes at an unidentified event in the area near the Lower Hutt Horticultural Hall and Dowse Art Gallery in 1979. Images include close-up views of unidentified Māori men and women (frame 1); a young Māori woman with moko, wearing a pari (bodice) and hei tiki, talking to a woman smoking a cigarette (frame 2) and on her own (frame 3); a group of men performing a haka in front of two chartered buses (frames 4 to 10), with two small boys on the ground in front of them; and people watching the haka (frames 11 & 12). One man performing in the haka (3rd from left in frames 5 to 7) has been identified as Bill Nathan. Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra.

Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet

Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images.

Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Use/Reproduction
All requests for copies, use and reproduction, must be sent to Ans Westra's agent Suite Tirohanga at westra@suite.co.nz and 04 976 7663. Copyright: Copyright held by Ans Westra
Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs / Westra, Ans, 1936-: Photographs
Format
4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images, Negatives, Cellulose acetate roll film
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Views of Māori at an unidentified event near the Dowse Art Gallery and Lower Hutt Horticultural Hall. Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs. Ref: AW-1793. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/38423179

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