IMAGE
Stone anchor of the Tainui canoe, at Mokau, 1934
- Date
- 1934
- Reference
- APG-1495-1/4-G
- Description
View of the punga waka (anchor stone) of the waka Tainui. Photograph taken by Albert Percy Godber in 1934.
Inscriptions: Album page - bottom centre - Stone anchor. Tainui Canoe. Mokau
An original print of this image is in Godber Album Vol 100, p 6 (PA1-o-194)
Mentioned in James Cowan's book \"The Maoris of New Zealand\" (1910), p 68: \"The anchor or mooring stone of the Tainui is on the beach close to the Mokau settlement. It is a peculiarly shaped, grooved and polished rock, something like an hour-glass in outline and about 4 feet in length\".
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Godber, Albert Percy, 1875-1949 :Collection of albums, prints and negatives
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches, Orientation: Horizontal image
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