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Angas, George French, 1822-1886 :Rangihaeata's celebrated house on the island of Mana c...
Date: 1844 - 1847
From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.
By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870
Reference: PUBL-0014-04
Description: Depicts the whare whakairo (carved house) "Kaitangata" with carved lintel, posts and gables, said by the artist to have been carved by Te Rangihaeata himself. Two figures are seated on the edge of the porch, and a gourd stands on the ground beside them. The carved face supporting the ridge pole is said to represent Rangihaeata himself. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 245 x 340 mm.
[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :Taupo pa / George French Angas. J W Giles lithog. 1847.
Date: 1844 - 1847
From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.
By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870
Reference: PUBL-0014-48
Description: Scene depicting Taupo pa (present day Plimmerton). Shows on the rise in the right foreground a wahi tapu, or sacred place serving as a receptacle for goods and property that have become subject to the law of tapu for a certain length of time. The wahi tapu is constructed of sticks and contains household utensils, skins, calabashes and dried fish, and a garment suspended beneath flutters in the wind. In the right distance behind the wahi tapu is the bay "about a mile from Porirua". Several canoes are drawn up on the beach, and there are four palisaded enclosures containing whare on the shore. In the centre foreground is a flax bush. Angas was in New Zealand in 1844 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]; Recto - top right - Plate 48 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in publication.. Physical Description: Hand-coloured lithograph, 229 x 324 mm.