IMAGE
[Sainson, Louis Auguste de], b. 1800 :Defrichement d'un champ de patates. Boilly sc. Paris, 1839.
- Date
- 1839 - 1827
- By
- Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Boilly, Alphonse, 1801-1867
- Reference
- PUBL-0034-2-387
- Description
A group of a dozen Maori women digging up land for a kumara plantation. In the background is a low whare with a rounded roof and two futher Maori talk to French sailors. In the left foreground is a storage platform holding kete, possibly filled with kumara.
Sainson was in New Zealand with Dumont d'Urville in 1827. He would have observed a scene like this in the Far North District, probably in the Bay of Islands.
The French word 'patate' normally refers to the sweet potato or kumara in New Zealand. Dumont d'Urville describes Maori as cultivating 'pommes de terre [potatoes], patates [sweet potatoes] et taro'.
Other Titles - Clearing or digging up a potato (kumara) field
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Engraving,
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Negative 1/2-094117 is cropped and out of focus. Use negative MNZ-0251-1/4
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- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
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- 1 b&w art print(s), Works of art, Engravings, Albums, Engraving,
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Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-. [Sainson, Louis Auguste de], b. 1800 :Defrichement d'un champ de patates. Boilly sc. Paris, 1839.. Dumont d'Urville, Jean Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842 :Voyage pittoresque autour du monde et resume generale des descouvertes. Paris, Furne et Cie, 1839.. Ref: PUBL-0034-2-387. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22786767More information can be found in our terms of use.