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A superb portrait depicting a sronger-than-usual moko.
 
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“Tuterei Karewa a chief of the Ngati Maru of the Thames District, North Island.” A superb portrait depicting a sronger-than-usual moko highlighted by the photographer with the use of black paint or some other substance. Here he is dressed in a fine pihepihe shoulder cape with cylindrical tags of flax. Original albumen photograph by Isles #108 circa 1890s. Collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn.
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