Māori Wahine New Zealand with pendent heitiki

11/8/14
by world4
Māori, Wahine, costumes, kiwi, feathers, pendent, heitiki, Traditional, New Zealand, dress

Māori Wahine 1913

Māori Wahine, New Zealand 1913.

Māori Wahine (The Māori word for woman) with mat of kiwi feathers and pendent heitiki.

From the book: Picturesque New Zealand (1913) by Paul Gooding. Photography by Muir & Moodie; and Josiah Martin.




Fashion, New Edition: The language of clothes (Smithsonian).