item details
NameMaori boy
ProductionBurton Brothers; photography studio; circa 1880s; New Zealand
American Photographic Company (Auckland); photography studio; circa 1869-1876; New Zealand
American Photographic Company (Auckland); photography studio; circa 1869-1876; New Zealand
Classificationcartes-de-visite, gelatin silver prints, photographic prints, black-and-white prints, portraits, albumen prints
Materialsalbumen, silver, photographic paper, mounting board
Materials Summaryblack and white original print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 60mm (height), 95mm (length)
Registration NumberO.000794
Overview
Studio portrait of a young
Maori boy with a bolt of cloth tied diagonally across his body (in bandalier fashion). He holds a spear, possibly Polynesian or Mealnesian in origin rather than Maori, and wears two long tail feathers from the Koekoea or Long-tailed Cuckoo, in his hair.