IMAGE
Artist unknown :Head of war canoe [From John White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)]
- Date
- 1890 - 1891
- By
- Parkinson, Sydney, 1745-1771; Kirkwood, Henry William, 1854-1925
- Reference
- A-274-049
- Description
The carved prow of a war canoe with a tufted face and feet, feathers along the 'spine', and a double set of curved patterns.
The work has a monogram, lower left, possibly HMK or HWK. The artist's identity is not known for certain but could be Henry William Kirkwood
Possibly derived from the prow depicted in Sydney Parkinson's drawing 'New Zealand war canoe [April 1770]' in the British Library and its related engraving 'A war canoe of New Zealand with a view of Gable End Foreland' engraved by J J Barralet, 1772.
Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).
Physical Description: Lithograph, on sheet 143 x 221 mm
- 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, Book illustrations, Lithograph, on sheet 143 x 221 mm
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