That kid looks like a shrunk-down adult.
Ugh jeez mom! Do we have to wear the feathers. 😒
Mamma’s quite… handsome
She looks like Rikishi
I did a search on the image for more information, but instead I noticed something cool
This exact post is the third result (I clicked through and checked the comments)
Cool, we’re hardly ever in search results.
Thanks to your lead I soon found the info. This is a portrait of Mere Tawhara and daughter Kimiora Maata Kotahi, both of Hawkes Bay, taken by Napier photographer Samuel Carnell.
Here is a more conventional picture of them not smiling.
The format is carte de visite so it’s quite likely that Mere Tawhara or her whanau commissioned it.
I’m surprised I can’t find a whole lot more about these people because both mother and daughter are wearing fine clothes and are obviously high status. On the daughter we can see a satin ribbon and tartan dress as well as what looks like a kahukiwi which is one of the most prestigious cloaks. However they do appear on some family trees so they are probably known about.
Tagging @PugJesus cos you like detail.
Bonus: here’s the current weather in Napier, Hawkes Bay
The Fediverse’s influence increases!
Is it cold enough there to wear a full cloak like that??
I’m not sure, so I wiki’d it, and it looks like it even snows in parts of New Zealand.
We have like…mountains, and ski fields here you know. Even electricity!
I once used a cellphone
Hush, lest your idle boasts encourage them to attack us.
Shhh!!! I don’t have the body and enough tag lines to become a guerilla fighter.
I was briefly mystified as to why it wouldn’t be obvious that a long narrow land mass at this latitude would get a bit cold, then I remembered none of you can see where we are!
I imagine Aussieland as hot, and I imagine New Zealand as near Aussieland. About the best I can do for the Hidden Island
Thank you, this perfectly summarizes where I went wrong
Um, yeah???!!! We’re not a tropical island or something, if that’s what you’re thinking.
If you can find a map that includes us, you’ll see we’re halfway to Antarctica.