item details
Name"Tane Mahuta", giant kauri, 42 feet in circumference
ProductionWilliam Charles Davies; photographer; circa 1940; Northland
Classificationgelatin silver prints, black-and-white prints
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, photographic paper
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, photography
DimensionsImage: 414mm (width), 552mm (height)
Registration NumberO.039719
Credit linePurchased 1957
Overview
Depicts the giant kauri tree known as Tanemahuta, flanked by the surrounding bush. A young man is standing in front of the tree's protective fence, looking at the camera.
The print is framed in mottled kauri wood.