A Private Collection of Vintage Photography

A Private Collection of Vintage Photography

Cover Lot 27 Burton Bros, Dunedin Portrait of Moere and Moengahau Albumen print c1880 Inscribed ‘Hohau’; inscribed ‘1621’ and ‘13’ in graphite verso 205mm x 140mm $500 - $1,000

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Lot 24 Burton Bros, Dunedin Maori Land Black and white photograph on card c1890 Inscribed ‘Maori Land The Maori Portraits are Originals taken from life’ 243mm x 202mm $500 - $1,000 02

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A Private Collection of Vintage Photography Exhibition 15 February - 5 March 2019 Online Auction 27 February - 4 March 2019 33a Normanby Road Mt Eden, 1024 Auckland

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Introduction Webb’s is proud to present a large, historic collection of 19th and 20th century vintage photography from New Zealand, Australia, the Pacific, South East Asia, Japan, Africa and the Americas. These rare photographs were assembled by a private collector over almost twenty years from predominantly international sources in North America and Europe. With images dating from the 1860s to the 1930s, the collection showcases over 240 portraits, landscapes, scenes and events from New Zealand and afar of which a selection are highlighted in this catalogue. This auction is the first time this fascinating and extensive collection of Cartes de Visite, postcards, Lantern slides and larger format photographs will be on display to the public.

Inspired by a love of Anthropology and New Zealand and Pacific history, an interest which began in childhood, the collector was particularly captivated by the people and wide range of cultures that inhabit this unique part of the globe. The fascinating individuals and stories in the photographs prompted the collector to repatriate their collection:

It was always my desire that the collection must come back to New Zealand from where the subjects [including Pacific people] of many of the photographs lived their lives and where their descendants live today… My hope is that a person living today will be able to recognise a family relative or family friend from that period in history, and even better if the photograph was not known to have previously existed.

This is a rare opportunity for New Zealanders, particularly those of Māori and Pacific descent, to discover pieces of their past that have returned home from all over the world.

Please be aware, this publication contains images of Aboriginal persons now deceased.

Although much research has been conducted on this collection, as per the wish of the collector, Webb’s would appreciate if readers are able to provide any further details or information on any of the portraits or scenes presented in this collection. Please contact our Fine Art Specialist with any findings.

Aotearoa New Zealand The introduction of mainstream photography to New Zealand during the 19th century coincided with the beginning of large-scale occupation by Europeans. Pākehā settlers were able to document their new lives in a rapidly changing country, photographing their interactions with indigenous people, the landscapes of Aotearoa and the progress of the new colony. Māori were greatly affected by this ‘progress’, losing much of their ancestral land through colonization and having to adjust to a new way of life. This incredible photographic collection details these various interactions between Māori and the settlers, providing insights into transitions in dress, portraits of Treaty signatories and events surrounding the New Zealand Wars.

Pākehā photographers such as the Burton Brothers (Dunedin), the Foy Brothers (Thames) and Elizabeth Pulman (Auckland) opened commercial portrait studios in New Zealand to document settlers and local Māori people in Cartes de Visite (small, playing card size portraits). Due to the absence of copyright legislation at the time, it was common for Cartes de Visite and other photographs to be misattributed or reproduced without authorship. This is evident in the number of images by unknown photographers in this collection, which include a unique photograph featuring Dame Whina Cooper (page 19, lot 152), and an image of two Māori women outside a whare, provocatively inscribed ‘Two women who drank Volkner’s blood as it dropped from the heart torn out by Kereopa’.

Carte de Visite portraits became a popular collectable in New Zealand and abroad.

Pākeha settlers often sent them back to Europe to show friends and family their new home; explaining why much of this collection was discovered in France, Germany, England and the Netherlands. Some notable Carte de Visite subjects presented in this collection are the Foy Brothers Portrait of Ana Rupene and child, Ngati Maru (page 11, lot 57) and Benjamin Peyman’s portrait of Mrs Pikirakau/Bloody Queen Mere, both painted

by Gottfried Lindauer. Hartley Webster’s photograph of Patara Raukatauri, Ngāti

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Mahuta of Tainui chief, disciple of Pai Mairie is also a notable example later painted by Charles Frederick Goldie. Another work

by Benjamin Peyman in this collection is a portrait of Victoria, Queen of Nukumaru - also known as Takiora, Lucy Lord and Lucy D’Alton who was a guide to Major Gustavus Ferdinand von Tempsky, a Prussian adventurer, artist, newspaper correspondent and soldier (page 13, lots 82, 83).

Technological developments in equipment soon allowed photographers to be more mobile and their output expanded to include landscapes, scenes, group portraits and collages. A unique group photo featured in this collection, taken by Thomas E. Price, depicts a group of Southern Tarankai Hauhau prisoners (page 16, lot 91).

Photographers were also now free to be more experimental with their images rather than purely documenting what they saw, such as The Burton Brothers image Ferns, possibly the Waitakere Ranges (back cover, lot 38), which is not just a historical scene but also a technically beautiful photograph.

Viewing this collection in its entirety highlights the differences in style of several key New Zealand photographers during this period and the regional differences between their subjects and historical events.

The increasing popularity of Cartes de Visite became an important part of the New Zealand tourism industry. Portraits of Māori in traditional dress made New Zealand seem exotic and fascinated European foreigners.

These images consistently emphasised traditional Māori adornments such as cloaks, hei-tiki, tā moko, feathers and weapons that contrasted with Victorian European dress.

The visual contrast between the two can be seen in images such as the Full length portraits of a European woman in Victorian dress and kaitaka cloak with Māori man in suit with full length cloak of various skins (Lot 137). Other images show how Māori began to adopt European fashions, such as mutton chop whiskers, suits and ties, and silk dresses and jewellery. A particularly interesting portrait of Charles Sew Hoy/Choie Sew Hoy and his second wife Eliza Ann

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Prescott in their respective traditional Chinese and Victorian dress (page 5, lot 43), taken

by R. Clifford, Dunedin, illustrates the cultural differences within the settler community.

While many of these portraits and scenes look naturalistic, we cannot rely on them to be accurate depictions of Māori and settler life. The commercialisation of Māori imagery saw Pākeha photographers accentuating and therefore perpetuating stereotypes of Māori culture. It is not known how much agency Māori had when they appeared in photographs, but it is evident that some images were staged using costumes and backgrounds to emphasise their traditional dress. Māori became aware of the value of their culture and some were able to use tourism to their advantage, such as those charging tourists for access to Rotomahana

Lot 116 E. S. Richards, Wellington Portrait of Paoro Tuhaere, Ngāti Whatua chief Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1880s Inscribed ‘Paul - Chief Hauraki’ on card 108mm x 63mm $400 - $800

or ‘guiding’ tourists like Sophia Hinerangi.

Sophia is depicted in Burton Brothers portrait Guide Sophia Hinerangi cooking over a steam hole at Te Tekapo Flat, Rotomahana, Rotorua district (Lot 29). Though these ventures had positive results such as financial gain, participating in the commercialisation of their own culture may have been a difficult compromise for Māori.

While the photographs in this collection are products of a less culturally sensitive time they are still significant records of New Zealand history. The images provide some insight into the colonial history of Aotearoa and allow us to acknowledge the resilience Māori have shown to preserve their culture throughout turbulent times. To quote a Māori proverb, Ka mura, ka muri, we must look back in order to move forward.

Lot 43 R. Clifford, Dunedin Charles Sew Hoy/Choie Sew Hoy and his second wife Eliza Ann Prescott Carte de Visite, handcoloured albumen print mounted on Clifford card c1890 104mm x 63mm $200 - $400

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International An intriguing selection of international photographs in this collection depict subjects from Australia, the Pacific, South East Asia, Japan, Africa and the Americas. As with the portraits of Māori in New Zealand, the photographs of international indigenous people often cater to European ideas of the ‘other’. Nevertheless, they provide interesting insights into people and their cultures from the 19th and 20th centuries, some of which little is known.

In comparison to the images of Māori, images from colonial times in South East Asia, the Pacific and Africa show a much harsher photographic depiction of indigenous people, such as a candid image of a Congolese woman with her hands cut off.

Other photographs show indigenous people in settings that were significantly more constructed and commercialised than the portraits of Māori. Unlike Māori, indigenous Pacific women were very often presented as exotic bare-breasted beauties. Imagery of Samoa continues this trend with seductive female portraiture reminiscent of paintings

by Gaugin. Similarly, P. T. Barnum’s ‘human curiosities’ such as the Figi Cannibals and Chang-Yu-Sing, the Chinese Giant reduce indigenous peoples to circus performers and objects of scientific fascination (page 29, lot 182). While this type of portrayal of ‘the other’ is more common in international images, photographers also captured more ordinary scenes of village life in the Pacific including domestic tasks such as making kava.

The international portion of this collection also demonstrates the collectors’ interest in anthropological studies. We see a survey of Native North American domestic scenes, staged battle scenes with Zulus, Peruvian Amazonian warriors, and a warrior from the Gilbert Islands with an unusual-looking porcupine fish helmet and armor. A small collection of early Aboriginal portraits depicts leaders such as Truganini, the ‘last native Queen’, Queen Susan and the Tatambo King of the Murray River alongside remote tribespeople with nose bones and chest lines. One image shows a couple clearly living in proximity to European settlements,

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wearing trousers and a skirt. A unique photo shows the Negrito hunters who were the ancient, original settlers of the Philippine islands 40,000 years ago (page 23, lot 184).

To complete the collection are a series of hand coloured images depicting Irezumi, Japanese tattoos – an art which dates back earlier than 3000BC. During the Edo period, woodblock printing of detailed scenes inspired people to partake in the painful art of tattooing to decorate themselves with images of flowers, mythological heroes, lions, tigers, fish and dragons. While still a controversial topic in Japan, tattooing has remained an important aspect of other indigenous cultures including Māori and Pacific.

The international photographs in this collection provide an uncommon opportunity to view foreign histories that many New Zealanders may not usually have the chance to see. Although many of these photographs came to exist in an exploitative way, they are incredibly significant pieces of history that are important to share and understand.

Lot 162 Thomas J. Washbourne, Melbourne and Geelong Queen Susan of the Murray River Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1868 102mm x 63mm $500 - $1,000

Lot 163 Thomas J. Washbourne, Melbourne and Geelong Tatambo King, Murray River area Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1860 102mm x 63mm $500 - $1,000

Reference Held in the collection of National Portraint Gallery, Canberra.

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Lot 177 Courret Hermanos, Lima, Peru Indigenous Indian man with feather headdress and rifle Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Hermanos card c1890 Inscribed ‘Collec Historica del (illegible) H. Silva Santisteban, Lima, Peru, 1890’ (Historical collection of the ‘illegible’ H. Silva Santisteban, Lima, Peru, 1890) in ink verso 105mm x 65mm $700 - $900

Lot 178 Unknown Photographer, Peru Indigenous Indian man with feather headdress and spear Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1890 100mm x 62mm $700 - $900 Note Possibly Amazon reigon.

Note Possibly Amazon reigon.

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Aotearoa New Zealand Lot 3 J. W. Allen, Dunedin Portrait of Mohi Te Ahi a Ngu, Chief of Ngāti Tamaoho, Auckland.

Signatory of the Treaty of Waitangi at Waitemata, 1840 Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1860s Inscribed ‘Moses’ 92mm x 61mm $700 - $1,000 Reference Held in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, National Library, New Zealand and Auckland Museum.

Lot 5 J. W. Allen, Dunedin Portrait of Rapata Wahwaha, Chief of Ngāti Porou Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Allen card c1870s 101mm x 62mm $500 - $1,000 Note Rapata Wahwaha was opposed to the Hauhau religion and fought with the British on the East Coast.

In 1868 he was awarded the New Zealand Cross for his services. Painted by Gottfried Lindauer, 1890.

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Lot 20 R. H. Bartlett, Auckland Portrait of Māori woman in Victorian dress Carte de Visite, albumen print, mounted on Bartlett card Late 19th Century Inscribed ‘Photographer to His Excellency the Governor, Sir G. H. Bowen’ printed verso 101 mm x 62mm $100 - $200

Lot 22 James Bragge, Wellington Portrait of Horomona Toremi Chief of Ngāti Raukawa, signatory of Treaty of Waitangi at Otaki Carte de Visite, albumen print, mounted on Bragge card c1865-1875 90mm x 55mm $400 - $800 Reference Held in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand.

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Lot 32 Burton Bros, Dunedin Carved House (Hinemihi), Wairoa. June 1886 Black and white photograph on card June 1886 Inscribed ‘Carved House, Wairoa’ on image Image 151mm x 206mm $500 - $1,000 Note Hinemihi is now located at Clandon Park, England

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Lot 44 C. P Cottier, New Plymouth Native Group Parihaka Black and white photograph c1900 Inscribed ‘Native Group Parihaka’ / ‘C. P Cottier’ In image; inscribed ‘A 199’ verso 145mm x 195mm $450 - $950

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Lot 63 Foy Bros, Thames Portrait of Puahaere Chieftainess of Ngāti Paoa Carte de Visite Albumen print mounted on album card c1872-1878 100mm x 60mm $500 - $1,000 Reference Held in the collection of Christchurch Art Gallery Note Puahaere Te Wherowhero also known as Ema Te Aouru, was the daughter of the second Maori King, Tāwhiao Pōtatau Te Wherowhero.

This photograph is the basis of a portrait by Gottfried Lindauer.

Lot 52 Foy Bros, Thames Portrait of Maori woman in Victorian dress with Korowai cloak pinned with a Huia feather Carte de Visite, albumen silver print, mounted on Foy Bros card c1880 103mm x 63mm $500 - $1,000 Note This image closely resembles Gottfried Lindauer painting of Mrs Mihiterina Takamoana, Ngāti Kahungunu, 1877.

Lot 57 Foy Bros, Thames Portrait of Ana Rupene and child, Ngāti Maru Cabinet card, albumen print, mounted on Foy Bros card c1871-1878 Inscribed ‘P42/ 226’ (illegible text) in graphite verso 166mm x 110mm $2,000 - $3,000 Reference Held in the collection of National Library of New Zealand.

Lot 56 Foy Bros, Thames Māori man with feathered and korowai cloaks, holding a mere Carte de Visite, albumen print, mounted on Foy Bros card c1885 Inscribed ‘Maori’ in graphite verso 105mm x 62mm $750 - $1,250

Note Known as Ana Reupene Whetuki and Heeni Hirini.

Gottfried Lindauer painted Ana Rupene’s portrait from this image in 1878; This print faces the opposite way to the painting.

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Lot 69 Heslop Bros, Christchurch Portrait of the Reverend Wiremu Te Koti Te Rato Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1870s Inscribed ‘Te Kooti’ in ink 105mm x 62mm $200 - $400 Note Te Koti was a Wesleyan Minister at Rapaki in Lytellton and the Chatham Islands for many years.

Mistaken here for Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki, Ngati Maru, Poverty Bay, founder of the Ringatu religion.

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Lot 70 C. Hewett, Melbourne Mr and Mrs Jewel dressed in sealskin, survivors of the wreck of General Grant, Auckland Islands, 1866 Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Hewett card c1868 Imprinted ‘C. Hewitt, Photographer, Australasian Studio, 95 Swanston Street. Melbourne’ verso 103mm x 62mm $100 - $200 Note Mr and Mrs Jewel, two of the 14 survivors of the wreck of American Merchant ship General Grant, wearing sealskin clothing which the survivors made to help them survive the harsh conditions while shipwrecked on Auckland Islands.

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Lot 83 Benjamin Peyman, Whanganui Victoria, Queen of Nukumaru - also known as Takiora, Lucy Lord and Lucy D’Alton Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1860 Inscribed ‘Wikitoria Chieftainess of Kai Iwi, Ngarawai tribe’ in ink verso 103mm x 62mm $500 - $1,000 Reference Held in the collection of the Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand Note Born in Kokorāreka (Russell), Takiora became an intermediary between The Crown and Taranaki Māori.

After her husband Te Mahuki was killed she stayed with British troops and continued working as a guide, interpreter, scout and companion to Von Tempsky until his death in 1868. Fought under Generals Cameron and Chute in their engagements in the west coast and was the first woman to enter the Weraroa Pā, South Taranaki, after its capture by Governor Grey.

Lot 82 Benjamin Peyman, Whanganui Portrait of Major Gustavus Ferdinand Von Tempsky Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on J. Wrigglesworth, Wellington card 1868 Inscribed ‘Major G.F. Von Tempsky Killed on the 7th of Sept, 1868’; inscribed ‘Major G.F. Von Tempsky Killed at the fight of Te Ngutu o Te Manu - commonly called Te Rua - (illegible) Major G. F. Von T was a Prussian by birth - but by nature a true Englshman. He was shot dead whilst nobly setting an example to (illegible) lot of curs calling themselves Englishmen and who left his body in the hands of the Māoris - So, I lost a true and very dear friend - with whom fell Capt Buck (and) Palmer Lieuts Hunter (and) Hastings and twelve men, Lt (illegible) Dr Best and twenty seven men were also wounded’ in ink verso; pencil inscription underneath ink indecipherable; green ink stamp of ‘J. D. Wrigglesworth, Wellington’ verso.

101mm x 62mm $500 - $800

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Lot 92 Elizabeth and George Pulman, Auckland Portrait of Taraia Ngakuti Te Tumuhuia, Chief of Ngāti Maru and Ngāti Tamaterā Carte de Visite Albumen print mounted on Pulman card c1870 Inscribed ‘Taraia Nga Kuti’ in ink 103mm x 63mm $400 - $600

Lot 94 Elizabeth Pulman, Auckland Portrait of an Unknown Māori woman with enhanced moko Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Pulman card c1873-1890 105mm x 62mm $500 - $800

Lot 104 Elizabeth Pulman, Auckland Full figure portrait of Nopera Te Ngiha and Te Ewiata Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1871-1882 Inscribed ‘Bragge’ verso 104mm x 62mm $450 - $750

Note Taraia chose not to sign the Treaty of Waitangi. Painted by Gottfried Lindauer, 1874.

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Lot 105 Elizabeth Pulman, Auckland Portrait of Hotuariki and Rangitoia exchanging a hongi Silver gelatin print on card 1900 Inscribed ‘185’ Image 138mm x 96mm $400 - $600 Reference Carte de Visite held in the collection of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

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Lot 113 E. S. Richards, Wellington Portrait of Horonuku Te Heuheu Tukino 1V, Horonuku, Ngāti Tūwharetoa Chief, Taupo Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Richards card c1860 Inscribed ‘Here Kei Kei Taupo Chief’ in ink verso 104mm x 62mm $500 - $1,000 Note In 1867 he and other Tūwharetoa chiefs presented to the Crown the summits of the mountains Tongariro, Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu forming the nucleus of Tongariro National Park.

Lot 114 E. S. Richards, Wellington Portrait of Rangi Hakeka, brother of Te Rauparaha, Ngāti Toa Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Richards card c1860 100mm x 61mm $500 - $1,000 Reference Held in the collection of National Library, New Zealand

Lot 91 Thomas E. Price, Masterton Southern Taranaki Hauhau prisoners taken near Weraroa Pā Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Price card 1865 Inscribed ‘Pounds 260’ verso 103mm x 63mm $300 - $700 Reference Held in the collection of Alexander Turnbull Library, New Zealand.

Note Southern Taranaki Hauhau prisoners taken near Weraroa Pā, (near Waitotara), captured by Grey. Photographed at the Rutland Stockade, Wanganui, 1865.

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Lot 119 Swan and Wrigglesworth, Wellington Portrait of Te Heuheu Tukino IV, Horonuku, Ngāti Tūwharetoa Chief, Taupo Carte de Visite Albumen print, handcoloured, mounted on Wrigglesworth card c1863-1875 Inscribed ‘Te Heu Heu, Taupo Chief / Maorie’ in ink and graphite verso 103mm x 64mm $400 - $800 Reference Collection Auckland Art Gallery.

Lot 76 Attributed to D. L. Mundy Portrait of Te Kanapu Haerehuka, Ngāti Whakaue chief, Te Arawa. Poet and orator.

Carte de Visite Albumen print mounted on card c1860s Inscribed ‘Pataone a rebel chief of the Ngatiranui tribe at Taranaki c 1860s’ in ink verso 103mm x 62mm $400 - $900

Lot 134 Works and Studios New Jersey, publisher Underwood & Underwood.

(80) 10308 Girls of the old Māori race as they are today under British training. Auckland Stereoviews card 1908 Detailed information on back of card 88mm x 176mm $100 - $200

Reference Held in National Library of New Zealand collection alongside a graphite portrait by D. L. Mundy.

Note Painted by Wilhelm Dittmer, c1904.

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Lot 126 J.Valentine Co, Dundee Bush Road with pony trap, New Zealand Black and white photograph on paper border c1890 Inscribed ‘Bush Road. NZ 17231 J. V.’ in image; Inscribed ‘Bush Road’ in ink on card Image 188mm x 295mm $300 - $700

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Lot 123 Antoine René Trinquart Monsignor Pompallier (Bishop Pompallier 1801 - 1871) Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Trinquart card Inscribed ‘Mgr Pompallier’ in graphite verso c1860s 105mm x 63mm $50 - $100

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Lot 128 Archer and Sons/James Valentine / Charles Spencer New Zealand - Volcanic Eruptions series, Fowl House (a place of shelter), Wairoa Lantern slide 1886 Inscribed ‘New Zealand - Volcanic Eruptions J.V. 31 Fowl House (a place of shelter) J.V. D477’ 80mm x 80mm $50 - $100

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Lot 152 Unknown photographer Dame Whina Cooper and companion both wearing kahu hurhuru, standing on a sports ground Silver gelatin print c1930 Inscribed ‘3983’ verso 160mm x 105mm $500 - $800 Note Leader of the Northern Hokianga people she received an MBE in 1953.

She led the Land March in 1975 which marked a new era of protest and reform.

Activist, educator, farmer and ‘the Mother of the Nation’, she was famous for saying ‘the Treaty was signed so we could live as one nation in Aotearoa.’

Lot 153 Unknown photographer, Whanganui Māoris in a dugout canoe with dog, Whanganui River Black and white photograph c1900 Inscribed ‘Maories in a dugout Wanganui River’ verso 76mm x 99mm $150 - $250

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Lot 108 Real Photo Post Card / Frederick G. Radcliffe, Auckland Māoris Cooking Postcard c1915 Inscribed ‘Maoris cooking N.Z. F.G.R 6117’ in image; Real Photo Post card, Frank Duncan and Co, Auckland printed verso 84mm x 136mm $50 - $100

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Lot 109 Real Photo Post Card / Frederick G. Radcliffe, Auckland New Zealand Māori Preparing for Haka Postcard c1915 Inscribed ‘Preparing for Haka F.G.R 6110’ in image; Real Photo Post card (Copyright) printed verso 85mm x 138mm $50 - $100

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International Africa -

Lot 172 Unknown Photographer Southern African men, one with feather headdress the other with spear wearing printed cotton wrappers Cabinet card, mounted on printed card c1880 Image 142mm x 99mm $200 - $400

Lot 171 Unknown Photographer Zulu Warrior Cabinet card, black and white photograph c1900 Inscribed ‘Zulu Warrior’ in image, ‘Merry Christmas’ embossed on card and inscribed ‘Zulu Krieger’ in ink; inscribed ‘Cousine R (illegible)’ in ink verso Image 142mm x 87mm $200 - $400

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Australia -

Lot 164 Alfred Wren, Melbourne Aboriginal man and woman sitting with linked arms, man has chest lines Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on R. Banks, Manchester card c1865-1879 98mm x 63mm $300 - $600

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Lot 165 Unknown Photographer Portrait of Aboriginal man with headband, nose bone, string armbands and woven girdle with apron, holding a split stick Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1860-1870 108mm x 66mm $700 - $1,200

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Lot 166 Unknown Photographer Portrait of Aboriginal woman with nose bone, chest lines, string armbands and woven girdle, wooden stick Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on card c1860-1870 89mm x 59mm $700 - $1,200

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The Philippines -

Lot 184 Unknown Photographer Two Philippine Negrito hunters with bow and arrow and poison sticks Black and white photograph c1880-1900 Inscribed (in German untranslated) 104mm x 142mm $300 - $600 Note Negrito tribes are the original settlers of the Philippiine islands arriving 40,000 years ago.

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Lot 179 Unknown Photographer Patagonian Tehuelche man Albumen print on card c1890 Inscribed ‘Patagonian’ in ink; inscribed ‘T70’ in graphite verso 132mm x 52mm $100 - $200

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Lot 181 Unknown Photographer Pacific North West Indian woman in buckskin with baby in cradle board Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on gilt edged card c1890 Inscribed ‘R28’ in ink 106mm x 63mm $200 - $600

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Lot 180 Buchmann and Heartwell, Tucson Tohono O’odham women and girls in front of wickiup brush dwelling with storage pot, SW Arizona Cabinet card c1880 Inscribed ‘499’ in ink in image; inscribed ‘NA54 / int 2025197’ in graphite verso 164mm x 108mm $250 - $750

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Pacific Tahiti, Gilbert Islands, New Caledonia

Lot 221 Unknown Photographer (possibly Paul-Emile Miot or Charles Hoare) Portrait of Aimata Pomare 1V Vahine -o-Ponuater’itua Cartes de Visite, albumen print on J. Gurney and Sons, NY card c1869 103mm x 32mm $100 - $250

Lot 204 Unknown Photographer Kiribati/ Gilbert Islander in armour with Porcupine fish helmet Cartes de Visite, albumen print c1900 90mm x 52mm $200 - $500

Lot 205 Allan Hughan, Noumea Portrait of the daughter of Kanak Chief Waton, pipe tucked in skirt, wearing a necklace made of braided hair strings with magical value and necklaces of pearls and shells Cartes de Visite, albumen print on Hughan card c1874 104mm x 64mm $100 -$300 Note Same young Kanak woman is depicted in ‘Famille New Caledonie’ , with her family, in an album of prints titled French transportation of Paris Communards to New Caledonia: Photograph Album Noumea & Sydney. Similar portrait held in collection of Centre Culturel Tjibao, Noumea.

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Samoa -

Lot 206 Thomas Andrew, Samoa Two young Samoan women identified as Tualele (on left) and Selesa (on right) Silver gelatin print 1905 Inscribed ‘No.21/11/87’ in graphite verso 114mm x 156mm $300 - $600 Reference Held in the collections of Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and National Gallery of Australia

Note This studio portrait depicts two Samoan women identified as Tualele and Selesa leaning on their elbows on a fibre surface that is possibly an ‘ie fuipani (black shaggy garment). Both have lei (necklaces), ‘ula lei (whaletooth necklaces) and upper garments with leaves around the collar and shoulders.

Lot 208 Unknown photographer (possibly Thomas Andrew) Portrait of a Samoan chief wearing a tuiga and whale tooth necklace Silver gelatin print c1890 143mm x 101mm $300 - $600

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Lot 215 Unknown Photographer, Samoa Samoan woman with lime bleached hair and leaf skirt holding a branch Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on album card c1880-1890 100mm x 68mm $300 - $700 Note Hair bleached by using lime burned from coral rock gives the hair a reddish colour.

Lot 216 Unknown Photographer Samoan woman seated cross legged, hair decorated with flowers, wearing earrings, arm bracelet and boar tusk on woven necklace Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on album card c1880-1890 100mm x 63mm $300 - $700

Lot 217 Unknown Photographer Samoan man holding carved paddle headed club Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on album card c1880-1890 100mm x 63mm $300 - $700

Lot 220 Unknown Photographer Samoan group of women in machine printed skirts Silver gelatin print c1900 Inscribed ‘Samoan (illegible) / 80 / 77’ in graphite verso 903mm x 131mm $200 - $400

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Constructed presentations of the Pacific -

Lot 228 Taber Photo, San Francisco 8298 Samoan girls Polonga and Olonga at California Mid-Winter International Exposition 1894 series Silver gelatin print on paper 1894 Image 123mm x 199mm $300 - $600

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Lot 230 Taber Photo, San Francisco 8398 The Challenge - Wallace Islanders at California Mid-Winter International Exposition 1894 series Silver gelatin print on paper 1894 Image 124mm x 199mm $400 - $800

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Lot 182 A. Bogardus, Broadway and 18th, New York Chang-Yu-Sing, The Chinese Giant, Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on gilt edged Bogardus card c1870 Inscribed ‘Chang-Yu-Sing, The Chinese Giant. Born at Peking 1847. Height over 8 feet, Weight 26 stone.

Now with Barnum, Bailey and Hutchinson’; inscribed Chang Yu-Sing in Chinese characters in ink and brush verso 105mm x 62mm $300 - $800

Lot 185 Mathew B. Brady, Published by E. and H.T. Anthony, New York Figi Cannibals - Imported

by P.T. Barnum for his Great Show at the American Museum, NY. Ra Bian the dwarf (d 1872), Ko Ratu Masi Moa, Otavah, Ki Na Bose Yaco.

Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on Anthony card 1872 Inscribed ‘Figi (sic) Cannibals - Imported by P.T Barnum for his Great Show’; inscribed ‘Compliments of S. S. Smith with Barnum Great’ in graphite verso.

S.S. Smith was the Keeper of the Figi (sic) Cannibals 95mm x 98mm $400 - $800 Note This group of Levoni people were brought to the USA as human curiosities and promoted as fierce cannibals. Otavah has been identified as an African American from Virginia.

Lot 186 Mathew B. Brady Published by E. and H.T. Anthony, New York Figi Cannibals - Imported

by P.T. Barnum for his Great Show at the American Museum NY. Ko Ratu Masi Moa (holding a pineapple club), Ki Na Bose Yaco (holding a Thali club), wearing whale tooth necklaces and reed and tapa skirts Carte de Visite, Albumen print mounted on Anthony card 1872 Inscribed ‘Figi Cannibals - Imported by P.T Barnum for his Great ShowKo Ratu Masi Moa, Ki Na Bose Yaco’; ‘P.C.B’ stamped in ink verso 106mm x 63mm $400 - $800

Lot 191 Charles Eisenmann Fijians at New York Portrait of Annie and Ruto Semm, Barnum’s circus performers from Fiji Carte de Visite, albumen print mounted on album card c1880 Inscribed ‘Fijians at New York’ in ink and ‘22’ in graphite; inscribed ‘13110’ in graphite verso 100mm x 60mm $400 - $800

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Lot 195 F. H. Dufty, Levuka Portrait of Ratu Sera Epenisa Cakobau, Vuniivalu of Bau, Tui Viti Cartes de Visite, albumen print mounted on Dufty card c1871 - 1874 Inscribed ‘The Krieg’ (The King) in ink 103mm x 63mm $500 - $1,000

Lot 196 F. H. Dufty, Levuka Portrait of Ratu Epeli Nailatikau I with rifle - 1st son of Cakobau Cartes de Visite, albumen print mounted on Dufty card c1870-1879 Inscribed ‘Rutu “Apeli” son of Cakobau’ in ink verso 103mm x 63mm $300 - $800

Note King Cakobau (Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau, 1815-1883) was the Fijian paramount chief and warrior who first united the warring tribes in a confederacy, under his leadership, in 1865. The Confederacy split within two years but he finally succeeded in creating a united Fijian kingdom and constitutional monarchy in 1871. Disturbed by US government activity he decided to cede the islands in 1874 to Queen Victoria and the United Kingdom, retaining his position as Fiji’s paramount chief until his death in 1883. Many of his descendants have held senior positions in Fiji’s political, academic and military circles.

Note Ratu Epeli Nailatikau I (1842 - 1901), was a Fijian Paramount Chief, who was posthumously made the Vunivalu of Bau. He was the eldest son of the first Tui Viti, Ratu Seru Epenisa Cakobau (popularly known as King Cakobau).

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Lot 200 F. H. Dufty, Levuka Portrait of Fijian man with Boar’s tusk necklace and club Cartes de Visite, albumen print mounted on Dufty card c1870 103mm x 63mm $500 - $1,000

He acted as his father’s right hand man in the Bauan struggles for power, and was subsequently made a Governor of many of the Fijian states and a minister in various early portfolios.

He was also a signatory to the 1874 Deed of Cession to Great Britain.

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Lot 198 Unknown Photographer Portrait of Princess Adi Cakobau Albumen print c1890 196mm x 137mm $200 - $600 Note Princess Adi Cakobau, the King’s granddaughter.

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Japan -

Lot 231 J. B. Millett Company (publisher), Captain F. Brinkley (editor) Japan: Described and Illustrated by the Japanese - Edition de Luxe 1897-88 Volume VI. Two album pages from Meiji Era book. Guardsheet with descriptive letterpress; Tattooed Postman Hand coloured Albumen print on paper (hand coloured in Japan) c1890 Guardsheet inscription: ‘Tattooed Postman. The art of tattooing is carried to great perfection in Japan and recieves patronage from foreigners as well as natives. The mail carrier in the country districts of today, is sometimes clad in this picturesque but unsubstantial attire which in ancient times was regarded with universal favor. The packet containing the mail is attached to the end of a bamboo pole and carried on the shoulder.’

Image 250mm x 195mm, page 400mm x 315mm $500 - $1,000

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Lot 234 Attributed to Baron Raimund von Stillfried-Rathenitz, Austria 1839-1911.

Yokohama Photos studio 1871-1885.

Portrait of Irezumi Tattooed man - Betto (Groom) Handcoloured albumen print on card c1880-1890 Inscribed ‘505 Betto’ (Groom) Image 257mm x 200mm $450 - $850 Note - Yokohama Photos studio bought the stock of Felice Beato

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Lot 38 Burton Bros, Dunedin Ferns, possibly Waitakere Ranges Black and white photograph c1880s Inscribed ‘3378 Ferns’ in image 197mm x 140mm $100 - $20

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