A head and shoulders portrait of Tomika Te Mutu, chief of Ngāiterangi and Ngāi Tuwhiwhia

A head and shoulders studio portrait photograph of Tomika Te Mutu, Ngāiterangi and Ngāi Tuwhiwhia people of Tauranga Moana looking directly at the camera. He is wearing a European jacket and cravat. He also has a full face Ta Moko tattoo.

Photographer: 'Bought at "Holmes", Auckland, April 17 1865.'

The reverse of the carte de visite states: 'What a mixture of savage & civilized life! The broad cloth clothes of a European and the tattooed face of a Maori!!

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ID:	ALB0373.55
Type:	Photographic print
Display location:	Not on display
Date made:	Circa 1865; Circa 1866 1868 1878
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 102 mm x 62 mm
Parts:	Album of Carte de Visite relating to the Maori war in 1865 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)

A head and shoulders portrait of Tomika Te Mutu, chief of Ngāiterangi and Ngāi Tuwhiwhia

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