Artist unknown :Ethnographie. Taf 6. Druck und Verlag von F A Brockhaus in Leipzig [1874?]

Sheet shows 29 images from the artists of Cook's voyages, J J Merrett and G F Angas:

1. Geschnitztes Kastchen [carved boxes]; 2 Kriegsschiff [war canoe]; 3-6. Keulen der Maori [Maori clubs]; 7. Tonganische Keule [Tonga club]; 8. Vornehmer Tahitier; 9. Tahitischer Flotenblaser [Tahitian flute]; 10. Maorihauptling [Maori chief]; 11. Frau und kind [Woman and child]; 12. Tanzerin [Dancer]; 13. Heva (Leichenpriester); 14 Schiff [Canoe]; 15. Tattuirwerkzeuge von Tahiti [Tattooing tools of Tahiti]; 16-18. Waffen und Werkzeuge [Weapons and tools]; 19. Kleiner Kahn von Tonga [Small Tongan punt]; 20. Kahn von Nive [Canoe from Niue]; 21. Schaukel [Swing]; 22. Todtendenmal der Maori; 23. Nadel [Needle]; 24. Zeughammer [Hammer]; 25. Kawaschale [Kava bowl]; 26. Geflochtene Tasche [Woven bag]; 27. Kopfschemel [Head bolster]; 28. Schwebende Tischplatte, unten mit Haken, von Tonga [Tongan table suspended from a hook]; 29. Thor, Holzschnitzerein der Maori [Maori carved wooden gateway].

Number 1 is derived from Richard Ralph, fl 1770s :A chest of New Zealand as a specimen of the carving of that country. [London, Strahan, 1773]

Parkinson was the original artist for numbers: 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13

Webber was the original artist for numbers: 12

J J Merrett was the original artist for numbers: 21 (via G F Angas)

Benjamin Miller was the original artist for numbers: 15, 17, 23, 24

Other copies: Another copy held at A-384-065

Dating: Date of 1874 supplied by vendor

Other Titles - Ethnography; Plate 6; Printed and published by F A Brockhaus

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Wood engraving on sheet 270 x 350 mm.

Provenance: Purchased, Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, 2011.