item details
NameKahore
ProductionAmerican Photographic Company (Auckland); photography studio; 1869-1876; Auckland
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, photographs, black-and-white prints, portraits
Materialsalbumen, photographic paper, silver
Materials Summaryblack and white original print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Dimensions9.1, 5.7
Registration NumberO.021242
Credit linePurchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Studio portrait of Maori man with moko and a circular ear ornament, wearing a dark collarless shirt, and a blanket or other textile as a cloak. He has short dark hair, appears to be in his forties, and his face is in three-quarter profile.