item details
NameHana Tare Te Rangituatea
ProductionPulman & Son; photography studio; 1870-1900; Auckland
Classificationgelatin dry plate negatives, black-and-white negatives, portraits
Materialsphotographic gelatin, silver, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white gelatin glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberB.008149
Overview
Head and shoulders portrait of a Maori woman identified by the photographer as Hana Te Rangituatea. She has a moko kauae (chin tattoo) and is wearing a korowai or tasselled cloak, with a second cloak (a korowai ngore, cloak adorned with pompoms) laid over one shoulder. She is wearing shark tooth and ribbon earrings, and has feathers in her hair.