item details
NameMaggie Papakura
ProductionMuir & Moodie; photography studio; circa 1904; New Zealand
Unknown; photographer; New Zealand
Unknown; photographer; New Zealand
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives, portraits
Materialssilver, photographic gelatin, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesgelatin dry plate process, black-and-white photography
Registration NumberC.010162
Overview
Three-quarter length portrait of Makareti (Maggie) Papakura, one of the principal guides of Whakarewarewa. She is seated on the porch of her house Tukiterangi, leaning on the side wall, and looking down and to the right. Makareti is wearing a kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak) over a skirt, a hei tiki (pendant), and a huia feather in her hair. There is a checked blanket hanging on the fence behind the house.