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[The Hobson album]. A group of New Zealanders.

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Date

[1842 or 1843]

Artist

Joseph Jenner Merrett (1816-1854)

Collective Title

[Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

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https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22882063

Description

A group of four Maori girls, probably in their teens. Two are standing in the centre flanked by trees, with the young woman on the right holding a long poi, the woman on the left with her arm around the shoulder of the other. At their feet is seated another young woman on the right, swinging a pair of long poi, watched by the fourth young woman who is reclining at the left. Both women on the left are wearing the korowai, a black-fringed tag cloak of flax. The standing woman is wearing a blanket as a skirt while the esseated woman is wearing a paki skirt of strips of flax.

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All Rights Reserved

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Alexander Turnbull Library

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New Zealand

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