item details
NameTwo Maori women holding their babies
ProductionUnknown; photographer; 1860s; New Zealand
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, photographs, black-and-white prints, studio portraits, hand-coloured photographs
Materialssilver, albumen, printing-out paper, mounting board, paint
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, carte-de-visite
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, albumen process, printing-out, hand colouring
DimensionsImage: 59mm (width), 96mm (height)
Registration NumberO.004286
Overview
Full length studio portrait of two young Maori women with infants. They are seated on the carpet against the studio wall. Each is wearing a shawl around her shoulders, over a dress. There is a baby on each woman's lap, wrapped in the ends of the blankets.