"Poi" dancer, Whakarewarewa.
[Thomas Pringle, c.1905]
Permanent Carbonette photo, sheet 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"). Mounted on backing sheet; nicks to edges.
Maori woman wearing a korowai (tag cloak); leaning on a poupou (carved house panel); holding two poi (balls on woven cords); backdrop of tukutuku panels (of woven reeds); and poupou (carved house panels). Image taken inside the Te Rauru meeting house, Whakarewarewa, New Zealand. One of a set of thirteen images by Thomas Pringle (1858-1931) of Maori people. Other copies of the image can be found in the British Museum and US National Anthropological Archives (who list this image as being created by "New Zealand Gov't Tourist & Publicity Dept").
[Ref: 43195] £85.00
Permanent Carbonette photo, sheet 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"). Mounted on backing sheet; nicks to edges.
Maori woman wearing a korowai (tag cloak); leaning on a poupou (carved house panel); holding two poi (balls on woven cords); backdrop of tukutuku panels (of woven reeds); and poupou (carved house panels). Image taken inside the Te Rauru meeting house, Whakarewarewa, New Zealand. One of a set of thirteen images by Thomas Pringle (1858-1931) of Maori people. Other copies of the image can be found in the British Museum and US National Anthropological Archives (who list this image as being created by "New Zealand Gov't Tourist & Publicity Dept").
[Ref: 43195] £85.00