IMAGE
Unidentified Māori chief
- Date
- [ca 1861]
- By
- Crombie, John Nicol, 1827-1878
- Reference
- PA1-q-250-53-1
- Description
Unidentified rangatira (Māori chief), circa 1861, possibly photographed during a conference of chiefs at the Melanesian Mission, Kohimarama, Auckland. He wears a suit and has a moko kanohi or Māori facial tattoo (poniania and pawaha). Photograph taken by John Nicol Crombie.
Image, and information regarding it, published in "Auckland through a Victorian Lens" by William Main, 1977, page 27.
Image also held by the Auckland Institute and Museum
Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Native chief. New Zealand
Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Physical Description: Albumen print 12.9 x 10 cm, with trimmed corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Part of
- Urquhart album / Unidentified Maori chief; Waterfall near Drury, Auckland
- Format
- 1 b&w original photographic print(s), Photographs, Albumen print 12.9 x 10 cm, with trimmed corners, mounted on album page 27.1 x 21.7 cm, Orientation: Vertical image
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