Places

Date: [1844]

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-005

Description: On the left, a watercolour of the point of a taiaha (spear) with notes about war costume of Maori. There is also a drawing of a huia feather and a note about a momument at Ngauranga to the memory of Te Wharepouri. On the right, 'slave preparing food' at Ngauranga Pa, shows a crouching woman inside a hut, preparing small round objects, possibly potatoes, from a basket in front of her. The taiaha is the original sketch for a lithograph In: Angas, G F, The New Zealanders illustrated, (London, 1847), Plate 58, No 7, p 130, where it is described as E Hani. The slave woman is the original drawing for a view in the upper right corner of Plate 59, no. 2 ' Domestic sketches' Other Titles - Ngauranga Nga Hauranga. Huia. War costume Quantity: 1 drawing(s). 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil 182 x 100 mm; Watercolour 175 x 107 mm

Date: 1827 - 1838 - 1828

From: Earle, Augustus 1793-1838 :Sketches illustrative of the Native Inhabitants and Islands of New Zealand from original drawings by Augustus Earle Esq, Draughtsman of H. M. S. "Beagle". London, Lithographed and Published under the auspices of the New Zealand Association by Robert Martin & Co, 1838

Reference: PUBL-0015-03

Description: A scene at Russell (Kororareka) looking out into the Bay, with the islands and hills opposite. Four slaves are pounding fern root on rocks beside two fires, watched by their masters; a third fire on the right has a group of four Maori huddled around it. A storehouse (pataka) and other storage mechanisms, including a platform on poles and forked sticks holding bundles containing food, and several other low houses with raupo thatch are surrounded by palisades. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured 233 x 367 mm