Postcard. Washing day, Whakarewarewa. Copyright T Pringle, Wellington, NZ, 105. Printed in Germany [ca 1906-1907]

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Title

Postcard. Washing day, Whakarewarewa. Copyright T Pringle, Wellington, NZ, 105. Printed in Germany [ca 1906-1907]

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Coloured photographic postcard shows two Maori women squatting beside a hot pool with their washing. The woman in the right foreground is smoking a pipe. The handwritten message on the verso is from Mary (Polly) Plunkett to her mother in Britain, expressing Mary's fondness for her mother and her longing to be with her. Her description of the picture on the card reads: "Dear Mother, This is how the natives wash there [sic] things they are very big woman [sic] and the [sic] mostly all smoke a p...

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Format

Image

Date created

1906 - 1908

Creator

Pringle, Thomas, 1858-1931

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23020501

Locations

Whakarewarewa

Related subjects

Women, Māori / Laundry / Hot springs / New Zealand / Bay of Plenty Region / Tobacco use / Pipe smoking / Mothers and daughters / Whakarewarewa

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