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Unidentified Maori woman, ca 1880 Half length portrait of an unidentified Maori woman wearing European clothing and holding her hand to her chest, photographed by William James Harding of Wanganui, circa 1880. She wears a white tipped feather in her hair, ear adornments, a tiki around her neck, and a ring on one of her fingers. She has a facial moko.

Unidentified Maori woman, ca 1880


Half length portrait of an unidentified Maori woman wearing European clothing and holding her hand to her chest, photographed by William James Harding of Wanganui, circa 1880. She wears a white tipped feather in her hair, ear adornments, a tiki around her neck, and a ring on one of her fingers. She has a facial moko.

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