This is a black-and-white photograph taken in 1885 by Alfred Burton. It depicts a group of 17 unidentified Mäori women and children in front of a thatched whare komiti (committee house). It was taken at Haerehuka, near Otorohanga, in the upper central North Island of New Zealand, and measures 12.5 cm x 17.8 cm.
Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |
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Creator | Alfred Burton, photographer, 1885 |
Identifiers | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa number O.000798
TLF resource R6119 |
Source | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, http://www.tepapa.govt.nz |