Tanner Bros. Ltd. photographs of Maori peoples
odd: label: Local Call Number(s)
content: NAA Photo Lot 81-6
name: label: Creator
content: Tanner Bros. Ltd.
label: Names
content: New Zealand., Tourism Dept.
label: Collector
content: Egberts, William H.
place: label: Place
content: New Zealand
topic: label: Topic
content: Tourism
creator: label: Creator
content: Tanner Bros. Ltd.
culture: label: Culture
content: Maori (New Zealand people)
bioghist: label: Biographical/Historical note
content: The Tanner Brothers were Wellington-based photographers who published photo books and black & white and glossy postcards from 1906-1925. They are best known for their "Maoriland Series." Their cards were printed in Saxony, England.

William H. Egberts was a preparator in the United States National Museum Department of Anthropology from 1913-1939.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: photographic postcards
unitdate: label: Date
content: circa 1906-1925
custodhist: label: Custodial History note
content: Collection donated to the Smithsonian by Grace L. Holder from Australia. Transferred by Lucile St. Hoyme, for the Division of Physical Anthropology, in 1981.
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.PhotoLot.81-6
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Photographs
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Photographs
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents note
content: Photographic postcards relating to Maori people made by the New England Tourist Department.  They include portraits of four Maori men with face markings and one image of two Maori people rubbing noses as a form of greeting ("te hongi").  The photographs are possibly from Tanner Brothers Photographic Series and were collected and notated by William H. Egberts.
relatedmaterial: label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Reports by Egberts can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in the Department of Anthropology Annual Reports and the Personnel Files.
label: Location of Other Archival Materials
content: Additional photographs of Maori people and artifacts can be found in the National Anthropological Archives in Photo Lot 8 and Photo Lot 97.