item details
NameIn Pawhatiairo Pah, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
ProductionSwan & Wrigglesworth; photography studio; 1865; Napier
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, black-and-white prints, group portraits
Materialssilver, printing-out paper, albumen, mounting board
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, carte-de-visite
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, photography
Dimensions60mm, 98mm
Registration NumberO.004290
Overview
Portrait of a small Maori group, posing in front of a fence with thatched whare beyond. They are all looking at the camera. The group consists of a young man wearing a hieke (rain cape) standing at the back of the group, and eight other men, women and children seated and lying on the ground. The man on the ground is smoking a pipe. There is a carved or painted panel with a multicoloured geometric design, hanging on the fence at right.