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Swainson, William 1789-1855 :E Puni's Pah on the Petoni Flat, 1847.
Date: 1847
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Leeper, Janet, active 1960s
Reference: A-190-015
Description: View through wind-shaped trees from the northwest side of Petone Flat, looking towards the eastern hills. On the right is the palisade of Te Puni's pa with the roof of one whare rising above the fence-line and a single high-roofed house on the plain further into the valley on the left. There is a lone male figure, carrying a long spear standing in the middle ground, between two trees. A very similar drawing reproduced in Louis Ward's "Early Wellington" (Plate 25) is titled "Te Puni's new pa (Te Tatau-o-te-po) behind the Pito-one Pa" and shows the pa as close to the beach Other Titles - Pa of Honiana Te Puni, Petone, Te Tatau o te Po Inscriptions: Backing board recto - beneath image - Title and date Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on paper 117 x 183 mm