Maori Girls, Whakarewarewa.
[Thomas Pringle, c.1905]
Permanent Carbonette photo, sheet 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"). Mounted on backing sheet; nicks to edges.
Portrait of two Maori women, one standing wearing a korowai (tag cloak), holding a hoe (canoe paddle), with shell inlay. The other girl is Mairie (see ref. 43192) seated wearing western-style blouse and blanket; backdrop of tukutuku panels (of woven reeds); and poupou (carved house panels); with shell inlay. 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: 43196] £85.00
Permanent Carbonette photo, sheet 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"). Mounted on backing sheet; nicks to edges.
Portrait of two Maori women, one standing wearing a korowai (tag cloak), holding a hoe (canoe paddle), with shell inlay. The other girl is Mairie (see ref. 43192) seated wearing western-style blouse and blanket; backdrop of tukutuku panels (of woven reeds); and poupou (carved house panels); with shell inlay. 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: 43196] £85.00