IMAGE
Angas, George French, 1822-1886 :Weapons and implements of war ; warriors preparing for a fight. George French Angas [delt]; J. W. Giles [lith]. Plate 58, 1847.
- Date
- 1844 - 1847
- By
- Giles, John West, 1801-1870; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
- Reference
- PUBL-0014-58
- Description
A group of pictures with accompanying text as follows: 1.[Top centre] A richly carved adze with a greenstone head, ornamented with dogs' hair and kaka feathers; from the Middle [South] Island. 2. [Top left]. Tomahawk with a European head and a handle of carved bone. 3. [Top right] Tomahawk belonging to Pomara, the Chatham Island chief. 4. [Top right] A wooden dagger. From the interior, near Tuhua. 5, 6 & 7. [Far left]: E Hani - a staff of hard wood [taiaha]...The head is carved. 8. [Lower right] Patu. 9. Warriors preparing for battle [including thigh and buttock tattooing]No.s 10-14 not annotated, but they show 2 mere, a detail of a war-gong, a club and the striking of the war-gong. This final image is derived from a drawing by Joseph Jenner Merrett, as is the view of the warriors preparing for battle.
Angas visited New Zealand in 1844
Angas' preliminary drawing for no. 10 is located at A-020-034 with title 'Meri-meri [i. e. mere] of Taupo'.
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Albums, Tinted lithograph, hand-coloured 550 x 360 mm
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Giles, John West, 1801-1870. Angas, George French, 1822-1886 :Weapons and implements of war ; warriors preparing for a fight. George French Angas [delt]; J. W. Giles [lith]. Plate 58, 1847.. Angas, George French 1822-1886 :The New Zealanders Illustrated. London, Thomas McLean, 1847.. Ref: PUBL-0014-58. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22702931More information can be found in our terms of use.