The huia song: A Maori lament [electronic resource]

THE HUIA SONG

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This multi-plate photo-chromolithograph harkens back to the style, layout and typography of the late 19th and early 20thc. The artist, F.H. Shiny, has signed his work to the left of the maiden's heel. The stereotyped image of the Maori woman makes no attempt to render costume or physical anatomy accurately and represents a commodification of Maori common to the period and not just reserved for sheet music.