
Four women smoke pipes outside a meeting house in the King Country in 1885. Māori developed the habit of smoking tobacco in the early 19th century, through contact with the whaling community. From the 1840s reports of hui in meeting houses often comment on the smoky atmosphere. Māori women smoked as much as Māori men.
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference:
C.010039
Photograph by Alfred Burton
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Tukunga
I am so glad I stumbled
Jane (not verified)
01 February 2015
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