[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :A mako - imitation tooth of a shark at Otawhao. Very sacred - put by a chief Ko Pahu, father, on the tomb of his child; Hetiki; wooden dagger; flute; poonamu; tukituki [and] woman's tattoo [1844] He kumeti or ancient wooden pot - hot stones put in little water, & food on top cov[ere]d with mats & little earth to keep in steam - to cook kumaras - Otawhao [near Waipa 1844]

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-029-1

Description: Shows a mako or shark tooth earring or pendant, a tiki (ornament worn suspended round the neck), a greenstone or pounamu earring, a flute, a woman's moko (lip and chin tattoo), a wooden dagger and a tukituki (type of mere or club). The shark's tooth, small tiki and earring are all original sketches for details in the lithograph 'New Zealand ornaments and decorations', being plate 39 of G. F. Angas' The New Zealanders illustrated (London, McLean, 1847). All three objects are made of South Island pounamu (jade or greenstone). Both the tiki and the shark's tooth were 'drawn from offerings on a wahi tapu, consecrated by the parents to a deceased child, as being the most precious articles they possessed; although exposed amidst the ruins of a deserted pah, so strict is the law of tapu that no one dare touch these valuable relics'. Other Titles - He tiki Quantity: 7 drawing(s) (on one sheet). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on sheet 233 x 132 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-029-2

Description: Shows a wooden bowl with handles on either side. Original sketch for lithograph In: Angas, G F New Zealanders Illustrated, Plate LV, no 11, p124 Other Titles - Kumete Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 127 x 226 mm