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“Waimaori.” A striking portrait of a woman of whose history we have no record. In this portrait, she appears to be in mourning with cropped hair and black ribbon earrings. Her chin and lip moko is a good example of the revival in women’s tattoo that took place around 1875. Original albumen photograph mounted on board, photographer, unknown. Circa 1870s. Collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn.
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