item details
NameMaoritanga - Scenes from Maori Life, Opening Pipitea marae, Wellington.
ProductionAns Westra; photographer; 1980; Wellington
Classificationwork prints, black-and-white prints, gelatin silver prints, documentary photographs
Materialsphotographic gelatin, photographic paper, silver
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, gelatin silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Dimensions178, 203
Registration NumberO.016661/01
Credit linePurchased 1993 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
View focusing on two older women (kuia) in attendance at Pipitea marae so as to witness the unveiling of the meeting house sited there - the woman seen to the right is wearing a white hat and a fur coat, the woman featured at left is dressed (predeominantly) in black.