item details
NameGroup of Maori people sitting outside a whare (house) at Otaramarae, Rotoiti
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; circa 1880s; Dunedin
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: 209mm (width), 157mm (height)
Registration NumberO.039747
Overview
Depicts a group of Maori men, women and children standing and sitting outside a thatched whare (house) with a sunken floor. They are wearing European clothes and blankets. The roof of a wooden building and a wooden fence are visible behind the whare.