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[Angas, George French], 1822-1886 :[War dance before the pah of Ohinemutu, near Rotorua...
Date: 1844 - 1847 - 1850 - 1863
From: Working Men's Educational Union :[Missionary wall pictures]. - London ; Working Men's Educational Union, [1850s?]
By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Working Men's Educational Union
Reference: D-010-001
Description: After George French Angas' work, the lower half of Plate 53 in his "The New Zealanders illustrated" (London, 1847). Angas copied a drawing by Joseph Jenner Merrett. Shows a group of Maori performing a haka, with raised patu or taiaha, in front of the pa at Ohinemutu. Canoes are pulled up at the left foreground. Roofs of whare and pataka are visible over the wooden palisades of the pa. Probably used as an illustration for lecture tours. See description in: Working Men's Educational Union. "New Zealand and New Zealanders ..." (London, F. Baron, 1868, pages 20-22). Inscriptions: Recto - stamp of the Union and the number 43 Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Printed calico (hand-col.) 900 x 1188 mm