IMAGE
[Earle, Augustus] 1793-1838 :Whakatama (dance). [From John White's Ancient history of the Maori. (Wellington, 1891)]
- Date
- 1832 - 1890 - 1827 - 1891 - 1828
- By
- Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838
- Reference
- A-274-028
- Description
A group of men and two women performing a haka in front of a seated audience of Maori. A carved pataka (food store) is on the right, and two whare and a raised food platform in a tree can be seen in the background
A redrawn copy of an aquatint with title A dance of New Zealanders from Narrative of a nine months residence in New Zealand by Augustus Earle (London, Longman, 1832). Opposite p 70
Other Titles - A dance of New Zealanders, 1827 or 1828.
Earle was in New Zealand for six months, 1827-1828, mostly in the Bay of Islands
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 222 x 288 mm
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives -.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890 / Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, 1890
- Format
- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Lithographs, Lithograph, on sheet 222 x 288 mm
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