IMAGE
[Angas, George French], 1822-1886 :[War dance before the pah of Ohinemutu, near Rotorua Lake, 1844] / Working Men's Educational Union WM 43. [1850s or early 1860s. After Joseph Jenner Merrett]
- Date
- 1844 - 1847 - 1850 - 1863
- By
- Angas, George French, 1822-1886; Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854; Working Men's Educational Union
- Reference
- D-010-001
- Description
After George French Angas' work, the lower half of Plate 53 in his "The New Zealanders illustrated" (London, 1847). Angas copied a drawing by Joseph Jenner Merrett.
Shows a group of Maori performing a haka, with raised patu or taiaha, in front of the pa at Ohinemutu. Canoes are pulled up at the left foreground. Roofs of whare and pataka are visible over the wooden palisades of the pa.
Probably used as an illustration for lecture tours.
See description in: Working Men's Educational Union. "New Zealand and New Zealanders ..." (London, F. Baron, 1868, pages 20-22).
Inscriptions: Recto - stamp of the Union and the number 43
Quantity: 1 colour art print(s).
Physical Description: Printed calico (hand-col.) 900 x 1188 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Working Men's Educational Union :[Missionary wall pictures]. - London ; Working Men's Educational Union, [1850s?]
- Format
- 1 colour art print(s), Works of art, Ethnographic illustrations, Printed calico (hand-col.) 900 x 1188 mm, Orientation: Horizontal image
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