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Kōrero: Clothes

Māori in traditional and European dress, 1864

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Māori in traditional and European dress, 1864

Māori quickly adopted European dress and mixed traditional garments with shirts, trousers, dresses, skirts and blankets. Most of these people are wearing mainly European clothes, though the figure in the centre has a traditional kahu (cloak).

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Auckland Art Gallery – Toi o Tāmaki

Reference: 1989/29

by John Symons

Permission of Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Fiona McKergow, Clothes – Clothing and identity, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/artwork/41163/maori-in-traditional-and-european-dress-1864 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Fiona McKergow, i tāngia i te 18 March 2013.