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NameMr Wereta will be working late tonight. From the series: Washday at the pa
ProductionAns Westra; photographer; 1963; Ruatōria
Classificationwork prints, black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, documentary photographs
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, resin-coated paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 195mm (height), 234mm (length)
Registration NumberO.000719
Credit linePurchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Two male shearers, with bare feet, dark singlets and trousers, are working in a wooden-floored, corrugated-iron walled shed. The man on the left is bent over shearing a sheep, the man on the right is holding a sheep by its front legs in preparation (for shearing).