item details
NamePhotographs of Houmaitawhiti House, Otara Marae, Rotoiti
ProductionNational Museum of New Zealand; creating agency; 1939
Classificationphotographs
Materialsphotographic paper, photographic gelatin, silver, mounting board
Materials SummaryMounted photographic black and white prints
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberMU000048
Overview
These photographs appear to have been taken specifically for the Museum, mainly by James Walter Chapman-Taylor in 1939.
The collection of photographs were forwarded to the Native Affairs Department, who sent them to the Dominion Museum.
Files in this series are:
- Houmaitawhitu Meeting House, Otara Marae, Rotoiti - print; 1939
- Houmaitawhitu Meeting House, Otara Marae, Rotoiti - print, right centre panels; 1939
- Print of Tama-te Kapua Meeting House, Ohinemutu, Rotorua; 1939
- Pita Wharetoa, carver of Houmaitawhiti Meeting House (print)
- Houmaitawhitu Meeting House, Otara Marae, Rotoiti - print, old tapu carving carved 200 years ago; 1939
- Print (from Turnbull Library collection) on hardboard of group of Maori standing in front of an unidentified Marae
- Eight prints by J.T. Salmon of Maori Meeting House (possibly Waitangi Meeting House)