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Dominion Museum (N.Z.) : Maori warfare. Maori canoes. Dominion Museum Education Service [1940s?]
- Date
- 1940s
- By
- Dominion Museum (N.Z.)
- Reference
- Eph-C-MAORI-1940s-02
- Description
Information sheet printed on both sides. One side relates to Maori canoes - tree-felling, hollowing out. Shows a mokihi or raft, a river canoe, war canoe and fishing canoe as well as a canoe bailer. Shows a reproduction of a picture of canoes at Gisborne in 1836, by Joel Samuel Polack.
The other side shows scenes of Maori warfare and weaponry, reproductions of pictures of war canoes, a haka, patu and other weapons (includes George French Angas' "Weapons and implements of war ; warriors preparing for a fight" 1847; his "War dance before the Pah of Oinemutu, near Rotorua Lake"; and J I McDonald's [Alarm in a Maori pa] 1906); a photograph of a model of a pa in the Dominion Museum, and a picture of the earthworks at Gate Pa.
Two copies held.
Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) 2 copies.
Physical Description: Photolithograph on both sides of sheet 293 x 457 mm.
Processing information: Description changed and poster re-housed 20 November 2023.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Dominion Museum Education Service Māori posters / [Posters and other ephemera relating to Maori issues. 1890-1969]
- Format
- 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s) 2 copies, Photolithographs, Photolithograph on both sides of sheet 293 x 457 mm., Orientation: Horizontal image
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