Places

Date: 1846 - 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Giles, John West, 1801-1870; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0014-53

Description: Two images on one page. The upper image shows a group of Maori children on a swing or moari, a tall pole with ropes attached from its top, flying out over a bank, watched by a group of seated adults and children. The palisades of a pa are in the right background and a low hill in the distance. The lower view shows a haka, with naked men in the act of raising oars, watched by other Maori. Canoes are drawn up at the edge of Lake Rotorua and the palisades of Ohinemutu Pa and its higher buildings can be seen behind the men. Both drawings are copied from the work of Joseph Jenner Merrett, without acknowledgement. See the Library's Hobson Album for Merrett's drawing 'A native game' showing the swing. (E-216-017). This was drawn before 1843. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. Similarly, in the Hobson Album, also by Merrett is 'The pah of Oinamutu on the Rotorua Lake', which provides the background Angas has used for War Dance. The figures performing the haka are also from an original drawing by Merrett. Other Titles - Pa of Ohinemutu Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in publication.. Physical Description: Hand-coloured lithograph, 229 x 324 mm.

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-0014-59

Description: A group of scenes inside a pa with explanatory text on the opposite page, paraphrased as follows: 1.[Top centre] A sketch a Kaitote on the Waikato showing a cooking house with a couple of elderly women, seated on the ground outside, performing the hongi. 2. [Top left] An aged woman of Te Mutu making a basket of the leaves of the tawara (Freycinetia Banksii). 3. [Top right] A slave woman preparing potatoes by scraping them with a mussel shell. 4. [Centre] Interior of a house at Rangihaeata's pa at Porirua, with women engaged in manufacturing flax garments. 5. [Bottom left] Tangi or crying of welcome; also Hongi detail on the right. Both sketches from life, were made near Taupiri, on the Waikato River. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Other Titles - Domestic ecomony. Women making mats etc. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

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.

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Giles, John West, 1801-1870; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: PUBL-0014-36

Description: Top image shows large groups of Maori seated on the ground around a drying scaffold hung with food (possibly dried shark and pigs). The bottom image shows a circle of Maori watching a salutation ceremony where one warrior is about to throw a spear. There is a high patuka or storehouse in the centre, for the storage of seeds, and the edge of the pa is marked by a row of high fencing posts at the right. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844; however he did not visit Matata. This is a copy of a drawing by J. J. Merrett Other Titles - Merrett, Joseph Jenner Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured, 374 x 310 mm.