item details
NameFishing girls, Pango Pango (sic)
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; July 1884; Dunedin
Muir & Moodie; photography studio; New Zealand
Muir & Moodie; photography studio; New Zealand
Classificationblack-and-white negatives, gelatin dry plate negatives
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.017592
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
Eleven young women standing in a row on foreshore, with high hill in background left covered in tropical foliage. Tide is out. Holding nets and other fishing implements. All are dressed in wrap around cloth printed skirts. Some have cloth blouses.