IMAGE
[Baker, William George], 1864-1929 :Ruapehu from the Maori Pa at Patea. [ca 1900]
- Date
- 1900
- By
- Baker, William George, 1864-1929
- Reference
- G-550
- Description
Shows two groups of Maori whare on a river in the foreground; the two groups are linked by a low wooden bridge. A waka is drawn up on the bank in the foreground and several figures stand in front of the huts. Beside the central group of two whare there is a drying pole on which a row of fish or game are hung. The figures beside the whare at far right are tending a campfire. The clearing is surrounded by native bush and there is a cabbage tree and flax at the far right. In the centre distance is Mount Taranaki dominating the scene.
May show Rehu village, inland from Patea
Inscriptions: Mount verso - top left - [Title, late twentieth-early 21st century, on paper stapled to frame]
Quantity: 1 oil(s).
Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 440 x 645 mm (sight)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 oil(s), Works of art, Oil paintings, Ethnographic illustrations, Oil on canvas, 440 x 645 mm (sight), Orientation: Horizontal image
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