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Accession No 2014.17.5
Name/Title PHOTOGRAPH; Wanganui Savage Club Haka Party
Brief Description This black and white photograph is of the Wanganui Savage Club Haka Party, taken in Whanganui in 1936. The studio portrait shows nine men arranged in two rows, the back row standing and the front row sitting. All men wear piupiu and have fake moko on their faces; their arms are crossed and they all hold a patu (club). Most wear a taniko headband.

The photograph is mounted onto beige card with the names printed below:
Standing: H. K. PARNELL, W. M. GILLIES, A. PHILLIPS, J. KARAITIANA, / H. K. EDMONDSON / Sitting: C. HUMPHREYS, A. WALKER, W. G. SEABROOK, R. EMANUEL
Classification Print, Photographic/Documentary Artifact/Communication Artifacts/Nomenclature
Primary Maker Tesla Studios
Primary Prod Date 1936
Primary Prod Period 20th century
Primary Prod Place Whanganui/Aotearoa/New Zealand
Measurement Reading 25.4 x 30.5cm
14.8 x 20cm
Signature/Marks WANGANUI SAVAGE CLUB / HAKA PARTY, 1936
Standing: H. K. PARNELL, W. M. GILLIES, A. PHILLIPS, J. KARAITIANA, / H. K. EDMONDSON / Sitting: C. HUMPHREYS, A. WALKER, W. G. SEABROOK, R. EMANUEL
Lampe's Tesla Studios, Wanganui.
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