item details
NameGroup of Maori men and women at Te Takinga Marae
ProductionCharles Lindsay; photographer; 1920-1950; New Zealand
Classificationgelatin silver prints, black-and-white prints, portraits
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, photographic paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 159mm (width), 102mm (height)
Registration NumberO.039692
Overview
Group portrait of Maori men and women standing and sitting outside a wharenui (Maori meeting house). They are all dressed in Maori clothing as if for a performance, including piupiu (flax skirts) and woven bodices on the women. Two are holding taiaha (long handled wooden weapons).