2 Increasingly from the late nineteenth century, Maoris used photographs for their own purposes. One of the most important of these was family portraits for living rooms, relatives, meeting houses and tangis. This couple, Mary and Henry Grennell of Port Levy, were pictured about 1910. She is of Ngai Tahu descent, he an Ati Awa from the Chatham Islands.
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Tu Tangata, Issue 12, 1 June 1983, Page 11
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592 Increasingly from the late nineteenth century, Maoris used photographs for their own purposes. One of the most important of these was family portraits for living rooms, relatives, meeting houses and tangis. This couple, Mary and Henry Grennell of Port Levy, were pictured about 1910. She is of Ngai Tahu descent, he an Ati Awa from the Chatham Islands. Tu Tangata, Issue 12, 1 June 1983, Page 11
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