item details
NameLarge group of Maori men with guns
ProductionUnknown; photographer; 1880-1903; New Zealand
Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; publisher; 1903; New Zealand
Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; publisher; 1903; New Zealand
Classificationgelatin silver prints, black-and-white prints
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, photographic paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 267mm (width), 182mm (height)
Registration NumberO.039694
Overview
Large group of Maori men standing outside holding guns while a small group of Maori including children watch them from the foreground. The men are wearing blankets and are all barefoot. There is one Maori woman in the group wearing European clothing and holding a mere (greenstone hand weapon).There is a small house in the background.