item details
NameIn Pawhatiairo Pah, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand
ProductionSwan & Wrigglesworth; photography studio; 1865; Napier
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, black-and-white prints, group portraits
Materialssilver, printing-out paper, albumen, mounting board
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, carte-de-visite
Techniquesblack-and-white photography, photography
Dimensions60mm, 100mm
Registration NumberO.004289
Overview
Candid portrait of a small Maori group, presumably a family, seated on the ground. Most of them are looking at the camera. The group consists of two young men wearing hieke (rain capes), a boy lying at the front of the group, a woman, and two girls or young women.