Māori women in early twentieth century postcards were frequently represented as fully-developed seductresses, wantonly-posed. Postcards, carrying titles such as ‘Māori Princess’ indicate another instance of humorous or ironic captioning, as the fallen woman of literary tradition was seldom of nobel birth. In one such example, a so-called ‘Princess’ with chin moko leans towards the viewer … through a studio set of twisted tree branches which suggests the tree of (carnal) knowledge. Her bold smile, eye-contact with the viewer, bare arms and flowing hair clearly suggest unrestrained sexuality. Images such as these served to reinforce a generalised stereotype of native women as sexually liberated, and the colony as a newly-opened ‘paradise’ of enjoyments for the Pākehā male.