Tauihu

Date: 1938 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Te Wiata, Inia Watene, 1915-1971

Reference: E-278-q-060

Description: Photograph of the bowpiece of the war canoe Te Winika carved by Inia Te Wiata in 1938. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 185 x 140 mm

Date: 1938 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Te Wiata, Inia Watene, 1915-1971

Reference: E-278-q-060-A

Description: Photograph of the bowpiece of the war canoe Te Winika carved by Inia Te Wiata in 1938. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 185 x 140 mm

Date: 1938 - 1970 - 1978

From: [Various artists] :Postcards of paintings and a carving in the Waikato Art Museum, London Street, Hamilton, New Zealand. [1970s]

By: Te Wiata, Inia Watene, 1915-1971

Reference: E-278-q-060-B

Description: Photograph of the bowpiece of the war canoe Te Winika carved by Inia Te Wiata in 1938. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, 185 x 140 mm

Date: [ca 1920s-1930s]

From: Kennett, Robert, 1913-2007 : Photographs, including images taken after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake

Reference: PAColl-10003

Description: Photographs taken circa 1920s-1930s, collected, or taken by, Robert Kennett. Eleven taken at Waitangi (Northland), during an unidentified event at the treaty grounds (Waitangi Day celebrations?). These include views of Te Whare Runanga (meeting house), the harbour, and the endowment area. In addition, there are four images of waka (also at Waitangi?), including two of a tauihu (prow carving) and one of a tarapa (sternpost carving). Quantity: 15 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints, on paper stamped 'Velox Kodak Print', 8.4 x 5.8 cm or 6.6 x 4.3 cm Transfers: Collection taken in as a whole into Photographic Archive and transfers made from there - To Ephemera Collection - Eph-A-TOURISM-Christchurch-1940s-02: Tanner Bros Ltd: Real photographs for your snapshot album. Souvenir of Christchurch, New Zealand..

Date: [1880s]- 1900

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-2072

Description: Album made up of one letter and photographs taken by Pulman's Photographic Studio and other unidentified photographer(s) in the 1880s, compiled by Stephenson Percy Smith. Photographs show whakairo rākau, Māori wood carving, and some examples of carving in stone and bone. Many of the carvings photographed were owned by the Auckland dealer and collector Eric Craig, some of which are displayed in front of tapa, possibly from Tonga. Photographs include: - a Pākehā man, possibly Eric Craig dressed in a korowai and wearing a sign that reads: "Maori & Island Curios at Craig's Curiosity Shop. Princes St". - photograph of a tekoteko connected to Otaramarae . - taonga photographed in PA1-o-2072-04, PA1-o-2072-09-3 and PA1-o-2072-22 identified as being from Maketu; PA1-o-2072-32 from Maketu and Tuhoe. The album also contains inscriptions and a letter. The front endpapers are signed by Stephenson Percy Smith and pages 61 and 62 of the album contain traced outlines of hei tiki. Each drawing is annotated with selling information such as sold dates and some with location; Auckland Museum, Honolulu, Adelaide, London, Chicago. A one page letter was found interleaved within the front of the album. The letter contains illustrated research notes relating to taonga puoro, Māori musical instruments, addressed to Percy Smith from Augustus Hamilton, dated 4 September [19]00. Many taonga photographed are featured in the volume "Maori Art" by Augustus Hamilton. Source: Mead, Hirini Moko. "Te Toi Whakairo: The art of Maori carving". Oratia Books, 2017. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - S. Percy Smith Carvings possibly held at Te Papa Tongarewa shown in PA1-o-2072-04; PA1-o-2072-06; PA1-o-2072-07; PA1-o-2072-16; PA1-o-2072-20; PA1-o-2072-22 Arrangement: Arrived at the Library with the album pages numbered from "No 2" to "No 28", no album pages for; No 1, No 22. Eric Craig's shop and private museum was located near the Auckland Museum in the 1880s and 1890s. He dealt in Māori and Pacific artifacts, as well as items of natural history such as shells, coral and collections of pressed plants. Many of the carved items recorded here are now owned by museums in New Zealand and overseas (information from Roger Neich, Auckland Museum). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album and albumen prints Provenance: The album was compiled by Stephenson Percy Smith and later acquired by Jock McEwen. Transfers: Material separated for reasons of preservation and storage: - - prints at Library reference PAColl-6056-04. - - map at MSI-Papers-12909. Processing information: Description enhanced October 2023 and loose material separated for reasons of preservation and storage. Previous reference: PAColl-6056-04. Previous title: Photographs of Maori wood carving.

Date: ca 1860s

From: Haines, Bernard Gilpin, b 1842 :Photographs compiled while on active service with the 18th Royal Irish Regiment during the New Zealand Wars

Reference: PA1-f-027-11-1

Description: Standing portrait of Major John Nixon with a tauihu (Maori canoe prow), photographed circa 1860s, probably in the Wanganui district. He wears a bow tie, a jacket buttoned at the top, a waistcoat, trousers and shoes. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Major Nixon - Wanganui Militia Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print, 9.3 x 6 cm, mounted on album page 37.8 x 26.6 cm

Date: 1905

From: Birch, A E :Scenic negatives and prints taken by Thomas Pringle

Reference: 1/1-007038-G

Description: A carved tauihu (canoe prow) at the Auckland Museum, photographed ca 1905 by Thomas Pringle of Wellington. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - Protected, Thos Pringle, Wellington N.Z. 1-10-05; Photographer's title on negative - bottom right - No. D538 Tauihu (Canoe Prow) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6 x 8 inches

Date: [1960s-1980s?]

From: Orbell, Margaret Rose, 1934-2006: Collection

Reference: 1/2-237980-F

Description: Title supplied by Library. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Black and white original negative, approximately 10 x 12.5 cm Processing information: From box 4 of donor's listing

Date: ca 1900

From: Creator of Collection Unknown : Photographs of Maori artefacts

Reference: 1/2-003120-F

Description: A carved wooden canoe prow or tauihu, location and date unknown. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative

Date: 1850 - 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.

Reference: E-441-046

Description: Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on tracing paper 59 x 170 mm

Date: 1890 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925

Reference: A-274-049

Description: The carved prow of a war canoe with a tufted face and feet, feathers along the 'spine', and a double set of curved patterns. The work has a monogram, lower left, possibly HMK or HWK. The artist's identity is not known for certain but could be Henry William Kirkwood Possibly derived from the prow depicted in Sydney Parkinson's drawing 'New Zealand war canoe [April 1770]' in the British Library and its related engraving 'A war canoe of New Zealand with a view of Gable End Foreland' engraved by J J Barralet, 1772. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 143 x 221 mm

Date: 1850 - 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :Fragmentary sketches & odds & ends; sketches in Taranaki New Zealand 1856 / W.S. New Zealand rough sketches, 1856.

Reference: E-441-002

Description: Inscriptions: Recto - above image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash, 226 x 105 mm

Date: 1880s

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

By: Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PAColl-6056-04-27

Description: Photograph taken by Pulman Studios circa 1880s, possibly for collector and dealer Eric Craig. Shows a collection of various taonga on display including whaikōrero rākau, muka kete and korowai cloaks. Carved wood items include; - tekoteko figures - possibly a tauihu, waka figurehead - pātaka amo (wall panel) and kūwaha (entrance) - patū and wahaika Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Verso - bottom left - PULMAN PHOTO. 186 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Transfers: From PA1-o-2072 from between pages 51 and 52.. Processing information: Description updated September 2011. Previous reference PAColl-6056-04-30. Separated for reason of storage and preservation.

Date: 1890 - 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890

By: Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925

Reference: A-274-005

Description: The carved prow of a war canoe with a tufted face and feet, feathers along the 'spine', and a double set of curved patterns. The work has a monogram, lower left, possibly HMK or HWK. The artist's identity is not known for certain but could be Henry William Kirkwood Possibly derived from the prow depicted in Sydney Parkinson's drawing 'New Zealand war canoe [April 1770]' in the British Library and its related engraving 'A war canoe of New Zealand with a view of Gable End Foreland' engraved by J J Barralet, 1772. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 143 x 221 mm Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.

Date: 1936

From: Jones, Dudley William Carmalt 1874-1957 :New Zealand sketches / [by] C. J. [ca.1937].

Reference: E-347-014

Description: A Maori carving Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph of pencil sketch, 155 x 104 mm

Date: [1890s-1930s]

From: Head, Samuel Heath, 1868-1948 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-007558-G

Description: Photograph taken by Samuel Heath Head, Christchurch. Source of descriptive information - Negative register. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative, 6.5 x 8.5 inches