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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.

Date: 1842 - 1844

From: [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]

By: Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

Reference: E-216-f-059

Description: Groups of Maori on the foreshore engaged in various activities, including cooking in a large pot to the right. Two war canoes on the lake. Mokoia in the middle distance. The view is framed with trees to left and right, including cabbage trees on the right, alongside a food storage platform Strongly similar to a drawing in the Grey Album Add. MS. 19953, f. 118, no. 288 'The Lake of Rotorua', although in the latter there are just four people on the foreshore, there are three canoes shown, and the framing trees are larger Other Titles - Mokoia Island Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - Title in ink in the artist's hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink and wash, 167 x 249 mm