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Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :The tangihanga of the Wanganui natives for Te Heuheu at Mot...
Date: 1846
From: Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860.
Reference: E-296-q-117-2
Description: Scene on a marae inside a palisaded pā (Motuopuhi Pā?) with an orator surrounded by a large crowd of seated Māori, several whare and a whare nui, hills behind with a cabbage tree on the skyline and Lake Rotoaira to the left. Te Heuheu and his wives were killed in the landslide that wiped out Te Rapa on 7 May 1846. Quantity: 1 drawing(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 85 x 155 mm