Hocken Digital Collections

C.C. Armstrong : Portraits of Maori women P2010-005

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Reference NumberP2010-005Datec.1903-1910CreatorArmstrong, Charles Clark, c.1861-1946DescriptionEight real photo postcards of 'Maori Belles' published by C.C. Armstrong. Two of the women have been identified as Kāi Tahu from Moeraki.History / BiographyIdentifications made from other copies in the Moeraki Rununga album in the Hocken Archives collection. A group portrait including the same women was published in Otago Witness, 1 July 1903, p.44, so the original portraits were quite possibly taken then.PublisherFrom the estate of the donor's father-in-law, Brydon Speedy. Speedy was a leading member and secretary of the Palmerston North Polynesian (Discussion) Group which operated c. 1953-1965.

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