item details
NameMaori elder at tangi (funeral), Ngaruawahia
ProductionBrian Brake; photographer; 1952; New Zealand
Classificationcolour transparencies, documentary photographs, portraits
Materialsphotographic gelatin, reversal film, cut film, dye
Materials Summarycolour transparency
Techniquesphotography, colour photography, chromogenic processes
Registration NumberB.076441
Credit lineGift of Wai Man Lau, 2010
Overview
Head and shoulders portrait of a Maori woman dressed in black, with fine leaves wreathed around her head and neck. She has a moko kauae (chin tattoo) and is wearing a hei tiki (greenstone pendant) and a shark tooth earring.