item details
NameHuia Onslow
ProductionUnknown; photographer; 1891; New Zealand
Classificationphotographic prints, gelatin silver prints, studio portraits
Materials Summaryphotograph, gelatin silver print
Dimensions392mm, 320mm
Registration NumberO.009440
Overview
Portrait of an infant. A newspaper report of the time states Huia is 'dressed in his Maori robes, his head decked out in huia plumes, grasping in his right hand Te Rangihaeata's ancient greenstone kapeu (presented by Heni Te Rei)'.-'The Maoris and Huia Onslow' (Evening Star, Issue 8716, 7 January 1892).