Ceremony outside the Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house, Mataatua

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Title

Ceremony outside the Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house, Mataatua

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Unidentified ceremony outside the Te Whai-a-te-Motu meeting house at the Mataatua, circa 1910. In the foreground, seated alongside the carved figure on the meeting house porch pole, are Tutakangahau (left), and Hekerangi. Most are dressed in a mixture of European and Maori clothing. Two men leading the ceremony are wearing kahu huruhuru (feather cloaks). Photograph taken by Thomas Pringle. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Te Awh[i?] Taupara Mataatua Hemi Atama Quantity: 1 ...

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Format

Image

Date created

ca 1910

Creator

McDonald, James Ingram, 1865-1935

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22334639

Locations

Mataatua

Related subjects

Hekerangi, active 1903 / Tutakangahau, active 1890-1900 / Women, Māori / Kahu huruhuru / Men, Māori / Rites and ceremonies / Māori (New Zealand people) / Clothing / Wood-carving, Māori / Te Whai-a-te-Motu (Ruatāhuna, N.Z.) / Mataatua

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