[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :Slave preparing food [1844]. To memory of Warri Pouri (monument at Nga aurnga)

On the left, a watercolour of the point of a taiaha (spear) with notes about war costume of Maori. There is also a drawing of a huia feather and a note about a momument at Ngauranga to the memory of Te Wharepouri. On the right, 'slave preparing food' at Ngauranga Pa, shows a crouching woman inside a hut, preparing small round objects, possibly potatoes, from a basket in front of her.

The taiaha is the original sketch for a lithograph In: Angas, G F, The New Zealanders illustrated, (London, 1847), Plate 58, No 7, p 130, where it is described as E Hani. The slave woman is the original drawing for a view in the upper right corner of Plate 59, no. 2 ' Domestic sketches'

Other Titles - Ngauranga Nga Hauranga. Huia. War costume

Quantity: 1 drawing(s). 1 watercolour(s).

Physical Description: Pencil 182 x 100 mm; Watercolour 175 x 107 mm