A Pretty Maori
[Thomas Pringle, c.1905]
Permanent Carbonette photo, sheet 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"). Mounted on backing sheet.
Portrait of Mairie (see ref. 43192) wearing kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak); hei tiki (neck pendant); with albatross feather in hair. 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: 43201] £85.00
Permanent Carbonette photo, sheet 185 x 235mm (7¼ x 9¼"). Mounted on backing sheet.
Portrait of Mairie (see ref. 43192) wearing kahu kiwi (kiwi feather cloak); hei tiki (neck pendant); with albatross feather in hair. 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: 43201] £85.00