item details
Name"Good-day" Pakeha
ProductionFrederick George Radcliffe; photographer; 1900-1923; New Zealand
Fergusson Limited; publisher
Fergusson Limited; publisher
ClassificationPhotographic postcards, Gelatin silver printing-out paper prints, vintage prints
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, printing-out paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photographic postcard
Techniquesphotography, black-and-white photography, printing-out
Dimensionsoverall: 90mm (width), 140mm (height)
Registration NumberPS.003062
Overview
Depicts a smiling Maori girl standing on one end of a beached waka (canoe) on a beach or estuary. She is wearing a piupiu (flax shirt) and a cloak or skirt of raupo? leaves around her sholders, over a skirt and shirt, and holding a hat on her head with both hands. Houses are visible on the shore behind her.