Object:

Mr Wereta will be working late tonight. From the series: Washday at the pa

Title / object name  Mr Wereta will be working late tonight. From the series: Washday at the pa
Maker  Role  Date  
Westra, Ans  photographer  1964  
Medium Summary  black and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Materials  silver, photographic gelatin, resin-coated paper
Dimensions
Image  195 (Height) x 234 (Length) mm
Classification  work prints, black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, documentary photographs
Technique  black-and-white photography
Registration Number  O.000719
Credit Line
Purchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

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).

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