item details
NameNahora
ProductionPulman & Son; photography studio; 1870-1900; Auckland
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives, studio portraits
Materialsphotographic gelatin, silver, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberB.008073
Overview
Half length portrait of a young Maori woman with short hair, identified as Nakura. She has a moko kauae (chin tattoo), and is wearing a korowai (tasselled cloak). She has a peacock feather and a white feather in her hair.