Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889 :Interior of a Maori hut at Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf. [Between 1847-1851].

Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889 :Interior of a Maori hut at Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf. [Between 1847-1851].
Date
1847 - 1851
By
Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985; Oliver, G C S (Mr), active 1970s
Reference
B-089-007
Description

Shows a group of five Maori women or girls, and two infants, with two dogs, around a fire on the floor of a native hut. There is bedding and a kete suspended from a low rafter, an axe on the floor at the left, a gourd hanging on the wall at the left, and a cauldron and other vessels on the floor. The hut has a thatched roof.

Other Titles - Waikite [former title]

Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Watercolour, 242 x 358 mm.

Provenance: Previously sold at McArthur's auction, Auckland, 20 October 1983, lot 19, after being owned by Mrs Madeleine R McClintock (née Oliver), who inherited the painting from her father, Mr G C S Oliver, grandson, of the artist.

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Format
1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Ethnographic illustrations, Watercolour, 242 x 358 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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