item details
NameKahore
ProductionAmerican Photographic Company (Auckland); photography studio; circa 1865; New Zealand
Burton Brothers; photography studio; New Zealand
Burton Brothers; photography studio; New Zealand
Classificationwet collodion negatives, black-and-white negatives, portraits
Materialssheet glass, collodion, silver, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white collodion glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.010154
Credit linePurchased 1943
Overview
Studio portrait of Maori man with moko and a circular ear ornament, wearing a dark collarless shirt, and a blanket or other textile as a cloak. He has short dark hair, appears to be in his forties, and his face is in three-quarter profile.