IMAGE
Portrait of Ihakara Tukumaru, Walter Buller, and an unidentified Māori woman
- Date
- [ca 1866-1870s]
- Reference
- PA9-127
- Description
Framed studio portrait of Ihakara Tukumaru, Walter Lawrey Buller, and an unidentified Māori woman in circa 1870s. Photographer unidentified. The woman is likely related to Tukumaru, possibly his half-sister Pirihira or his wife Ema. She wears a hei tiki around her neck. Buller is seated on a chair and holding a tokotoko.
Photograph dated based on the ages of the subjects (Tukumaru and Buller) as compared to an earlier dated photograph at PA2-2157.
See PA9-133 where Karaitiana Te Ahu appears to be wearing the same hei tiki.
Title supplied by Library.
Pirihira Tukumaru, mother of Karaitiana Te Ahu McMillan, died in 1872, and is buried in Ihakara Gardens, Foxton.
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand-coloured.
Physical Description: Silver gelatin photographic print in wooded frame with gold-painted moulded detailing, 67 x 57 cm.
- Use/Reproduction
- The Library administers the use of this collection for non-commercial use. Where a request is made for commercial use, permission must first be obtained from the donor. Copyright: No known copyright.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Wheeler, Polly, active 2016-2017: Framed photographs relating to the McMillan family of Kōputaroa
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s) hand-coloured, Group portraits, Photographs, Silver gelatin photographic print in wooded frame with gold-painted moulded detailing, 67 x 57 cm., Orientation: Vertical image.
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