item details
NameMaori woman wearing cloak
ProductionFoy Brothers; photography studio; 1870s-1880s; Thames
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, black-and-white prints, portraits, vintage prints
Materialssilver, printing-out paper, albumen, mounting board
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, carte de visite
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, photography, printing-out
DimensionsImage: 56mm (width), 90mm (height)
Registration NumberO.004319
Credit linePurchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Full length carte-de-visite portrait of a young Maori woman, standing. She is wearing two korowai (tasselled cloak) and a hei tiki (greenstone pendant), and has two huia feathers in her hair.