• home
  • slideshow
  • catalogues
  • stock
  • search
  • contact
  • news
  • shopping cart

Back

A Pretty Maori

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


 

Home | Terms | Map | Secure Payment | Links | Login | Privacy Policy | About this Site

Registered in England No. 1305630 Registered Office: 2, Castle Business Village, Station Road, Hampton, Middlesex. TW12 2BX.
Rainbrook Ltd. VAT No. 217 6907 49