item details
NameNeikara, Waitotara, Hauhau
ProductionSwan & Wrigglesworth; photography studio; 1863-1866; New Zealand
Classificationcartes-de-visite, black-and-white prints, portraits, vintage prints, studio portraits
Materialssilver, albumen, printing-out paper, mounting board
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, carte-de-visite
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, photography, printing-out
Dimensionsimage: 60mm (width), 95mm (height)
Registration NumberO.037143
Overview
Full length portrait of a young, bearded Maori man wearing a cloak of roughly twisted flax fibre as a kilt, a hei tiki pendant, and holding a rifle. Plain studio backdrop.