IDNO

T.111226.GTN

Description

Woman in traditional clothing holding up a plaited cord. [HE 10/14/2011]

Portrait of a Maori woman using a single poi (a ball of woven flax) probably in a dance. [JD 2/2/2018]

Place

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

Cultural Affliation

Maori

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 portrait is of a Maori woman, possibly at Ohinemutu?, Rotorua?. New Zealand. The Place field has been amended accordingly. [JD 29/01/2018]