item details
NameNopera Te Ngiha
ProductionUnknown; photographer; 1860-1880; New Zealand
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, studio portraits
Materialssilver, albumen, printing-out paper, mounting board
Materials Summarycarte-de-visite, albumen silver print
Techniquesalbumen process, printing-out
DimensionsSecondary support: 64mm (width), 105mm (height)
Registration NumberO.041394
Credit linePurchased 2014
Overview
Photographs of whānau
Treasured family photographs like these are displayed in many Ngāti Toa homes today.
Māori embraced photography when it arrived in New Zealand in the 1850s. Soon photographs of tūpuna (ancestors) lined the walls of tribal council halls, playing a similar role to ancestral carvings in older meeting houses.