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[Sainson, Louis Auguste de], b. 1800 :Defrichement d'un champ de patates. Boilly sc. Pa...
Date: 1839 - 1827
From: Dumont d'Urville, Jean Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842 :Voyage pittoresque autour du monde et resume generale des descouvertes. Paris, Furne et Cie, 1839.
By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Boilly, Alphonse, 1801-1867
Reference: PUBL-0034-2-387
Description: A group of a dozen Maori women digging up land for a kumara plantation. In the background is a low whare with a rounded roof and two futher Maori talk to French sailors. In the left foreground is a storage platform holding kete, possibly filled with kumara. Sainson was in New Zealand with Dumont d'Urville in 1827. He would have observed a scene like this in the Far North District, probably in the Bay of Islands. The French word 'patate' normally refers to the sweet potato or kumara in New Zealand. Dumont d'Urville describes Maori as cultivating 'pommes de terre [potatoes], patates [sweet potatoes] et taro'. Other Titles - Clearing or digging up a potato (kumara) field Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving,