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Tarihira Mihinui dressed in a feather cloak holding a tewhatewha, sitting by a carved wooden pou, Otūkou marae, Lake Rotoaira

Tarihira Mihinui dressed in a feather cloak holding a tewhatewha, sitting by a carved wooden pou, Otūkou marae, Lake Rotoaira

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Photograph taken by Leo White at Otūkou Pā, Lake Rotoira. Shows Tarihira Mihinui (nee Kumeroa) dressed in a kahu huruhuru feathered cloak and holding a carved tewhatewha. She sits next to the carved pou of a wharenui meeting house and in front of a large woven whariki backdrop. Behind the whariki the head of another woman can be seen. She is possibly identified as Pura Konui of Otukou. Information sourced from annotated file prints at PAColl-10010-034. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). ...

Places related to this item include Otūkou Pā and Lake Rotoaira. Some of the subjects related to it include Kahu huruhuru, Wāhine, Whakairo, Women, Māori, Wood-carving, Māori, Otūkou Pā, and Lake Rotoaira.

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