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Object Number 2004.29.24888
Display Title Makereti "Maggie" Papakura posing for photograph
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: "Maori / New Zealand / Maggie (Markerti) Papakura wearing the / feather and wool mat she wore at King / George the Fifth's coronation and when she / guide the King and Queen through the / Hot Lakes district of New Zealand in / 1901. / (5)" / [On Photo]: "Maggie Papakura / Talma / Swanston St., Melb. / & / George St., Sydney."
Department Photographic
Date 1901
Artist Talma and Company
Culture
  • Maori
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Oceania / New Zealand
Dimensions Overall: 15.875 × 10.4775 cm (6 1/4 × 4 1/8 in.)

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