"Haperona [sic]"

Description
Studio portrait of Hapurona, fighting chief of the Wi-Kingi forces. He has a full beard and is wearing a cloak. This image was copied from 'A Sketch of the New Zealand War' by Morgan S. Grace (1899).
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Object detail

Artist/Maker
Production role
Photographer
Production period
Late 1800s
Classification
Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts
Accession number
PHO2009-348
Collection type
Photographs
Material
Carte de visite
Photographic Print

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This image was copied from 'A Sketch of the New Zealand War' by Morgan S. Grace (1899) and appears between pages 78 and 79. As Grace knew Hapurona we can be sure that it is of him.

- Kelvin Day posted 11 months ago.

Hapurona

- posted 9 years ago.

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