item details
NamePossibly Puahaere
ProductionFoy Brothers; photography studio; 1870s-1880s; Thames
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, photographic prints, studio portraits, vintage prints
Materialssilver, printing-out paper, albumen, mounting board
Materials Summaryphotograph, carte de visite
Techniquesalbumen process, printing-out
DimensionsImage: 56mm (width), 90mm (height)
Registration NumberO.004320
Credit linePurchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Full length carte-de-visite portrait of a young Maori woman, standing. She has a moko kauae (chin tattoo) and is wearing two korowai (tasselled cloaks). She is also wearing a hei tiki (greenstone pendant) and earrings, and has two feathers in her hair. She is holding a patu (short edged weapon) across her chest.