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Titia Wirum, Te Wahanui's sister and Pa Pa

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  • Description

    Portrait of two Maori women in hongi (pressing noses in greeting) and linking hands. Both women are wearing korowai hukahuka (tasselled cloaks). The woman on the right, Titia Wirum [Titia Wiremu, Ngāti Urunumia, Otorohanga?] is wearing mako (shark tooth ear pendant) with ribbon and has two huia feathers placed in her long hair. The woman on the left, Pa Pa has two huia feathers placed in her hair. Both women have moko kauae (female chin tattoos).

  • Other Id

    228801 (Presto content ID)

    PH-2015-10-p33-1 (Reference Number)

    75 (Photographer's number)

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