item details
NameMaori boy wearing blanket and feathers
ProductionAmerican Photographic Company (Auckland); photography studio; 1869-1876; Auckland
Classificationcartes-de-visite, albumen prints, photographs, black-and-white prints, studio portraits
Materialsalbumen, photographic paper, silver
Materials Summaryblack and white photograph, albumen silver print
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
DimensionsImage: 57mm (width), 91mm (height)
Registration NumberO.021260
Credit linePurchased 1999 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds
Overview
Maori youth wearing necklace, ear ornaments and two feathers in hair, draped in a coarse textured blanket or piece of cloth.