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Kōrero: Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori

Ngā tū āhua makawe, i te tau 1826

Māori hairstyles, 1826

Nā te tohunga tā o Dumont d’Urville, nā Louis de Sainson ēnei tāngata i tā i tōna haerenga i te tau 1826-27. Nō Ūawa me Te Rāwhiti ēnei Māori. Tokowhā o ngā tāngata he tāne, kei waenganui tētahi wahine. Tokotoru ngā tāne he tino makawe ō rātou, ā, he rerekē te āhua o tēnā, o tēnā. E mau ana te tangata kei te taha matau i te rau huia. Kei raro kei te tangata kei te taha mauī tētahi tū āhua makawe rerekē rawa atu.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: A-191-041

by Louis Auguste de Sainson

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, Māori clothing and adornment – kākahu Māori – Hairstyles, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41007/maori-hairstyles-1826 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Awhina Tamarapa rāua ko Patricia Wallace, i tāngia i te 4 March 2013.