item details
NameMere Paama Tarawhiti
ProductionPulman's Photographic Studio; photography studio; 1860s-1870s; Auckland
Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; publisher
Department of Tourist and Health Resorts; publisher
Classificationwet collodion negatives, black-and-white negatives, portraits
Materialscollodion, silver, sheet glass, photographic plates
Materials Summaryblack and white collodion glass negative
Techniquesblack-and-white photography
Registration NumberB.008127
Overview
Three quarter length portrait of a young Maori woman identified as Mere Paama Tarawhiti. She is wearing a korowai ngore (cloak with pompoms) with a long dark fringe at the neck, and feathers in her hair. She is holding a wahaika (short wooden hand weapon) on her lap.