item details
NameRuatoria, 1964.
ProductionAns Westra; photographer; 1964; Ruatōria
Classificationblack-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, documentary photographs, works of art
Materialsphotographic gelatin, photographic paper, silver
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 284mm (width), 266mm (height)
Registration NumberO.003499
Credit linePurchased 1985 with New Zealand Lottery Board funds
Overview
Scene outside a billiards hall in Ruatoria. An elderly Maori man sits on a bench against the wall of the billards hall, rolling a cigarette. Five Maori children, three boys and two girls, sit on either side of him, watching him make the cigarette. Two of the children drink soft drinks and one eats an ice cream.