Drafts, correspondence and other papers (ET/AT 14-16)

Date
[1980s-1990]
By
Cartright, Garth, active 1990-2011; Mana Mangu Māori Committee; Robert McDougall Art Gallery; Taylor, Alan, 1933-2016; Wharewaka, Abraham, 1943?-
Reference
MS-Papers-11750-52
Description

Drafts, correspondence and other papers. Includes ET/AT 014, a draft article relating to Hongi Hika, ET/AT 015 a draft article relating to toki poutangata adzes, and ET/AT 016 a letter dated 1990 from Garth Cartright relating to Taylor's book `Maori folk art' which also discusses the artist Tony Fomison. Also includes some papers relating to Abe Wharekawa, the Black Power gang, a building project and papers seeking funding for a 1990 project relating to the writing of Maori biographies. Also includes a copy of Maori Rock Drawing: The Theo Schoon Interpretations published by the Robert McDougall Art Gallery (annotated - probably by Alan Taylor) with three black and white prints of the Takiroa Rock Shelter on a piece of cardboard.

Also includes two pages of handwritten drafts for an article titled `Nga Atua Maori: Maori Gods' which includes a drawing of a godstick and a picture of rainbow labelled Kahukura, and a draft article relating to Oceanic canoes and Maori waka, including pencil drawings of tauihu and rapa (taurapa). These draft articles were in a hand printed envelope which has `Ms., karakia and whakapapa' written on it.

Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0 Linear Metres.

Access restrictions
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Part of
Stratford, Peter : Epsom Trust collection / Series 4 ET/AT Alan Taylor papers
Format
1 folder(s), 0 Linear Metres, Manuscripts
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