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Date: 1840

Reference: B-193-002

Description: Busts of a Māori man and woman of Otago. On the left is the tattooed head and neck of a Māori man, Takatahara, lithographed from a photograph, in its turn a plaster model of the subject taken from life, during Dumont d'Urville's visit to Dunedin in 1840. Similarly, on the right, is the bust of a woman whose name is given as Heroua. She is shown without moko, but with clear mourning scarification on her forehead and cheeks. The two busts from which these copies were made are in the Musee du Quai d'Orsay, Paris Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, J.S.C. Voyage au pole sud et dans l'Oceanie. Paris, Gide, 1842-1847. Atlas. Anthropologie. Plate 13 Takatahara Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 280 x 345 mm (plate mark), on sheet 335 x 530 mm Provenance: Prior to purchase, held in England

Date: [1870s-1880s]

Reference: 1/2-107060

Description: Photograph of unidentified group of Maori with a canoe, on a siding off the Ruamahanga River, Wairarapa. The Ruamahanga River was the principal waterway through the Wairarapa valley Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-003082-G

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of a Maori man wearing a beard, and a kakahu (Maori cloak). Photographed by William Henry Thomas Partington, probably at Wanganui, ca 1900. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - top left - 12. Te Mahi Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 1880s]

From: Ingle, M A (Mr), fl 1967 :Photographs

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-37-09

Description: Photograph of a Maori woman seated on the ground wearing a flax cloak. Standing beside her is a Maori man wearing a full-length tag cloak. The couple are posing outside in an area surrounded by flax bushes. Photographed by Burton Bros, ca 1880s. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3794 - Winete Paranihi & Kuini - Papakai, King Country. Burton Bros, Dunedin Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print 14.5 x 20.2 cm on mount 22.5 x 29 cm

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Brees, Samuel Charles, 1810?-1865; Webb, Esther M, active 1938-1957

Reference: B-031-016

Description: Two Pakeha beaching a rowboat on the shore in the foreground, watched by a Maori man, a small child and a dog. Two further Maori and a dog are walking away in the distance. The view is from the western shore of Wellington Harbour, possibly close to Kaiwharwhara, looking towards Petone in the distance. The western hills are shown covered in bush Other Titles - View of Petone Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - title in brushpoint Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 228 x 470 mm

Date: 1845 - 1859

By: Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869; Trapp, H H, active 1983

Reference: B-062-021

Description: Shows three figures tramping across a plain, with flax bushes and cabbage trees. In the background, the landscape is probably Waiohine Gorge with Mounts Isabelle and Holdsworth (Identified by A G Bagnall, 4/7/1983) The background landscape was identified by A G Bagnall, at the time of donation, personal communication to Curator, 4 July 1983 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour ; visible image 195 x 312 mm on sheet 310 x 430 mm

Date: 1843

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-012

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of the Ngati Toa war chief Te Rauparaha wearing an albatross feather (pohoi toroa) earring in his left ear. Almost certainly drawn in Nelson between 10 & 14 March 1843 See; Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information Other Titles - Te Rauparaha, chief of Kapiti; e Raha; etc etc. 1843 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title cf almost identical portraits in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., Bett Collection, Nelson, ATL (A-255-018); RNK collection, Canberra, etc - see article cited above for details. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Hawkins, Benjamin Waterhouse, 1807-1894

Reference: PUBL-0014-05

Description: Te Moanaroa (also known as Te Amoahanga and Amoanaroa) of Waingaroa or Raglan Harbour, standing on the left, dressed in a fringed cloak with tassels and pompoms of wool. On the right, squats Te Awaitaia or William Naylor, dressed in a kiwi feather and flax cloak. Behind them are the palisades of a pa and the raupo roof of a building. Both men are described as chiefs of Waikato and both are converts to Christianity associated with Rev. Robert Maunsell at Waikato Heads. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844 Other Titles - Tipene Te Amoahanga, Amoanaroa, Raglan Harbour. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886

Reference: PUBL-0014-37

Description: A seated Maori couple with a background of a carved whare. The man, To Ngaporutu has a moko and is wearing a greenstone earring and a flax leaf rain cloak. His wife, seated on his right, is in a woven flax korowai cloak and has an albatross feather ear adornment. She has a chin moko and crosses marked on her cheek and forehead. The pair were residents of the Waitomo area, with Rihe coming from the Wanganui area. Both were recent converts to Christianity. On the right side, another seated man and woman, of Waikato, ther man "Ngawhea" from the Kawhia area had not been converted to Christianity; the woman, Nga Miho was a 'celebrated priestess, and wife of Rangitautaea, the old chief of Ahuahu, who was wounded at Taranaki'. The woman is wearing a blanket, the man a flax rain cloak. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844. According to Angas's text, Nga Miho means 'the teeth'. However the usual Maori word for teeth is niho. Other Titles - Ngati Maniapoto Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm

Date: 1844 - 1847

From: Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.

By: Hawkins, Frances Louisa, -1884

Reference: PUBL-0014-TP

Description: Title-page with title and author's name decoratively inscribed around the structure of a pataka. On the left are the palisades of a pa, on the right a carved figure. Below the pataka are a standing Maori woman, a reclining man, two pigs, a food-bowl and the carved stern of a canoe. The man and woman are in full Maori costume with cloaks, feather ornaments and a tiki round the woman's neck. The background scene appears to be a detail from Angas' lithograph of Te Heuheu's pa at Lake Taupo. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s) in publication.. Physical Description: Hand-coloured lithograph, 500 x 355 mm

Date: 1850 - 1860

From: Gold, Charles Emilius 1809-1871 :Sketches by General Gold, 1846 to 1860

By: Gold, Charles Emilius, 1809-1871

Reference: A-288-028

Description: The three-storied flour mill at Kaiwharawhara, with its mill wheel to the left, set alongside Kaiwharawhara Stream (at the bottom of Ngaio Gorge) with a road running towards the mill on the stream's right bank and bush-clad hills. A Maori man with a spear in one hand is walking towards the mill. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 175 x 252 mm. Provenance: Family descent, to London dealer (1991) to Auckland dealer (1991)

Date: [ca 1885-1895]

From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 1

Reference: PAColl-5471-040

Description: Head and shoulders portrait of Rev Wiremu Te Koti Te Rato in later life Te Rato was a Wesleyan minister at Rapaki and the Chatham Islands Inscriptions: Verso - Rev Te Kote Ratou. I had much trouble in getting this Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Possibly originally part of PAColl-4715 (Rev Thomas Arthur Pybus: Photographs of clergymen and Māori)

Date: 1885

From: Burton Bros

By: Burton, Alfred Henry, 1834?-1914

Reference: PA7-36-05

Description: Maori dressed in cloak and holding a taiaha, photographed in front of the whare-puni at Ranana. Photograph taken by Alfred Burton on 8 May 1885. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - 3523 - Huriwhenua - Major Kemp's Council Hall - Ranana (London) Wanganui River. Burton Bros. Dunedin Duplicate at PA7-36-06 Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card. Physical Description: Albumen print 14.8 x 19.4 cm on mount 22.8 x 29.2 cm

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-004

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Iwikau, a Maori man, from Wakapuaka pa, near Nelson Iwikau's wife, Hingatu, and child are shown in another portrait in this group (A-286-005) See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, vo.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Iwikau is likely to have been converted by the Rev. Charles Reay of Nelson Other Titles - Iwikau. Wakapuaka. Remarkable for his piety. 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. (Coates, I. Remarkable for his piety...). Library has file print Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer. Transfers: One of 19 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: [circa 1860]

Reference: PA2-2397

Description: Te Anaua, circa 1860. Photographer unidentified. Te Anaua, also called Tu and Hori Kingi was a prominent Whanganui chief in the early part of the nineteenth century. He was head chief of the Ngati-Ruaka. Te Anaua signed the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Hori Kingi Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1856

From: Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

By: Strutt, William, 1825-1915

Reference: E-453-f-005

Description: Shows a spirited group of three Maori, two men and one woman, each on horseback, galloping from left to right in profile. The woman wears a top hat, and the men wear peaked caps. The woman rides sidesaddle. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - William Strutt 1856.; Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 190 x 255 mm

Date: [186-?]

From: Ramsden, Eric :Photographs relating to Ramsden and his family and Maori subjects

Reference: PA2-2293

Description: Portrait of Tuarea, Ngai Tahu chief of Taieri Mouth, taken ca 1860s by an unknown photographer Inscriptions: Verso - Tuarea - Ngaitahu chief Taieri Mouth - Fought with Taiaroa in defence of Kaiapoi Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: [Between 1880 and 1900]

From: Carnell, Samuel 1832-1920 :Maori portrait negatives

Reference: 1/4-022111-G

Description: Upper body portrait of Nireaha Tamaki, a leading Wairarapa rangatira wearing a kakahu (cloak). Taken by Samuel Carnell circa 1880-1890. Inscriptions: Marginal notes on negative - centre right - Nireaha Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 4.25 x 3.25 inches

Date: [12 September 1891]

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

Reference: 1/1-020616-G

Description: Portrait of Wiremu Parata Te Kakakura Waipunaahau seated out side a raupo whare. Possibly taken at a hui on 12 September 1891, when Ngāti Huia gathered to receive the infant son of Governor Onslow, who had been named Huia out of respect for Māori. This photograph was previously identified as being at Karaka Bay, Wellington This photo was probably taken at the same time other photos in this collection were also taken at Karaka Bay with Heeni Te Rei (a close relative of Parata's) and Kereopa Tukumaru. Heeni is wearing black and this may indicate that the occassion is a tangihanga (a funeral). Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: [ca 1900]

From: Auckland Star :Negatives

Reference: 1/2-008301-G

Description: Portrait of an elderly Maori man wearing a korowai (tag cloak). He is balding with white hair and a moustache, and moko. Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, circa 1900, probably in the Wanganui region. Identified in this image as Hairawanui. The same image is held by the Whanganui Museum where he is identified as Tuka Aorangi of Ngati Pamoana, Koroniti. He is also identifed as Tuka Orangi of Koroniti in another print (1/1-003097) Source of descriptive information - Te Awa; Partington's photographs of Whanganui Maori (Whanganui Museum Collection) Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 4.75 inches