Studio portrait of two young women wearing traditional Maori clothing - Photographed by William Henry Thomas Partington

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Studio portrait of two young women wearing traditional Maori clothing - Photographed by William Henry Thomas Partington

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Studio portrait of an unidentified girl and a young women (possibly sisters) sitting on a mat in front of a scenic backdrop. They are wearing traditional Maori clothing. They hold Maori weapons: on the left, a patu and on the right, a tewhatewha. The young woman is wearing a huia tail feather behind each ear; the young girl is wearing a piupiu. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington in early 1900s, probably at Wanganui. Studio portraits of the young woman with the tewhatewha als...

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Format

Image

Date created

[ca 1910]

Creator

Partington, William Henry Thomas, 1854-1940

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22481479

Locations

Whanganui

Related subjects

Girls, Māori / Māori (New Zealand people) / Clothing / Patu / Piupiu / Tewhatewha / Wāhine / Women, Māori / New Zealand / Manawatū-Whanganui Region / Young women, Māori / Whanganui

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