Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :[Maori settlements, South and central Canterbury. Sept 7, Oct 6 [1848] [By Mantell and Alfred Wills]

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :[Maori settlements, South and central Canterbury. Sept 7, Oct 6 [1848] [By Mantell and Alfred Wills]
Date
1848
By
Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Wills, Alfred, active 1842-1852
Reference
E-334-051
Description

6 drawings on one page, showing from top left, two views of storage platforms titled Te Owiwa or Te Owina, and 'forries and futters' [whares and whatas]. The 3rd view is of a pa alongside a river, with a whare and a storage platform, the 4th of a large egg, possibly a moa's egg. The 5th is titled W te R. Remains of pa f... Hap 1851 and another illegible word. It shows several carved niu poles, and a cabbage tree, with a plain and hills beyond and an unidentified object in front on the ground. The 6th is titled Ruataniwha and dated Sept 7, and is signed A. W. (Alfred Wills). It shows a pa alongside a river, possibly the same site as no. 3, with a stand of bush behind it, at Ruataniwha (a name no longer in current use)

Ruataniwha was the name of the pa on the site that eventually became Twizel, South Canterbury

Quantity: 6 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)

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Part of
Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849 / Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 3] 1848-1849
Format
6 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Pencil, 127 x 200 mm (page size)
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