Head and shoulders portrait of Moses, Chief of Waikato.

A head and shoulders portrait photograph of a Maori man in traditional patterned kaitaka with its broad white edge pinned together at his right shoulder. The right earring has been hand tinted green, as has the pendant broach on the kaitaka. In ALB0373.40 the reverse of the carte de visit describes him as 'Moses. Chief of Waikato' and is a full length portrait of him.

The photographer was C.F. Holmes, Queen Street, Auckland, New Zealand.

The original print was captioned on the reverse 'Moses. Now a native teacher'.

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ID:	ALB0373.39
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	1868; 1878
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 102 mm x 64 mm
Parts:	Album of Carte de Visite relating to the New Zealand War (1845-1872) and portraits of numerous naval officers (Photograph album) A view of the anchorage at Auckland, New Zealand with the Commodore's house in the foreground. (Photographic print) (ALB0373.10) Patuone sitting with a taiaha in a photographic studio. (Photographic print) (ALB0373.35) Head and shoulders portrait of Tapihana (Photographic print) (ALB0373.38) Head and shoulders portrait of Moses, Chief of Waikato. (Photographic print) (ALB0373.39) Full length portrait of Moses, Chief of Waitako. (Photographic print) (ALB0373.40) A head and shoulders portrait of Te Wheoro (Photographic print) (ALB0373.41) A head and shoulders portrait of Tomika Te Mutu, chief of Ngāiterangi and Ngāi Tuwhiwhia (Photographic print) (ALB0373.55) Head and shoulders portait of an unidentified Maori man with full face Ta Muku tattoo. (Photographic print) (ALB0373.61)

Head and shoulders portrait of Moses, Chief of Waikato.

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