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[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :An aged slave woman - Pouketuti [in the interior beyond Mokau]; ornamental paddle[s] belonging to Te Heuheu, the principal chief of Taupo Lake; A child at Te Rapa, Taupo Lake; [and] meri meri of Taupo [1844]
- Date
- 1844
- By
- Angas, George French, 1822-1886
- Reference
- A-020-034-1
- Description
An elderly woman, wrapped in a flax cloak, squatting in front of the palisades of a pa at Pouketuti (Puketutu), top left. Two canoe paddles with elaborate carving to the left and right. In the centre, a squatting child and to the right a carved mere with feathers at the handle, from Taupo. Angas was in the Puketutu area in mid-October 1844 and at Taupo in late October - early November.
Original sketches for lithographs in: Angas, G.F. "New Zealanders Illustrated", Plate LV, no 14, p24; Plate XLII, nos 4 & 5, p96; Plate XXXIX, no 12, p89; Plate LVIII, No. 10, p130. Acquired before 1941
Quantity: 5 drawing(s) (on one sheet).
Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 315 x 260 mm
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- [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844] / [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :An aged slave woman - Pouketuti [in the interior beyond Mokau]; ornamental paddle[s] belonging to Te Heuheu, the principal chief of Taupo Lake; A child at Te Rapa, Taupo Lake; [and] meri meri of Taupo [1844] Patua or bucket; slave preparing the stinking corn; Henaki or eel net [1844]
- Format
- 5 drawing(s) (on one sheet), Works of art, Pencil works, Pencil on sheet 315 x 260 mm
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