IMAGE
Artist unknown :[The return of Hongi. 1860s]
- Date
- 1819
- Reference
- A-172-037
- Description
Shows a large returning war canoe decorated with severed heads - January, 1819 - after a taua led by Hongi Hika had ravaged Bay of Plenty and East Cape tribes. A second large canoe can be seen in the background.
Likely to be an imaginative reconstruction
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - illegible script in brushpoint in ink
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Gouache on card, 184 x 360 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Gouaches, Gouache on card, 184 x 360 mm
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