IDNO

T.111188.GTN

Description

A Māori woman preparing flax to make a piupiu (kilt) with a near complete piupiu on the ground next to her. The woman is wearing possibly a kahu kiwi? (kiwi feather cloak) and piupiu and sitting on the ground in a field with St Faiths Anglican Church, Ohinemutu, and hills in distance. [JD 1/29/2018]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; New Zealand; Rotorua; Ohinemutu [Aotearoa]

Cultural Affliation

Named Person

Photographer

Merensky, Jutta (later Gethen)

Collector / Expedition

Date

circa 1960s

Collection Name

Gethen Collection

Source

Hofmeyr, Carol and Hofmeyr, Justus (Dr.s)

Format

Transparency Colour

Primary Documentation

Other Information

T.111029.GTN - T.111323.GTN were found in a red shoe box, now numbered C618/.

Place: The Place field was previously recorded as being “?Samoa; ?Tonga; ?Cook Islands; ?Fiji”, but the building in the background is St Faiths Anglican Church, Ohinemutu, Rotorua, New Zealand. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 29/01/2018]