[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1815-1854 :One end of the pah, Ohinemutu, Rotorua. Waipa. Kuripopo. [A challenge with a spear]. Native house at the pah, Maketu. Otawao pah. [Between 1841 and 1848]
- Date
- 1841 - 1848
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
- Ref
- E-143-028
- Description
Six drawings on one page. 'Ohinemutu', a pen and ink drawing, shows one end of the surrounding palisade, with carved gateway. 'Waipa' shows a hill in the background, a small fenced structure in the right foreground and toetoe framing the view on both sides. 'Kuripopo' is a pencil drawing of a seated young woman wearing a smock. [Challenge with spear] shows one man threatening a seated figure, watched by a crowd. 'A native house ... Maketu' shows the front porch of a carved whare with door and one window. (These two drawings were copied by G F Angas for his 1847 publication). 'Otawao Pah, Waipa' shows Otawhao Pa in the distance with a foreground of dead tree trunks.
Other Titles - Otawhao pa
Quantity: 1 photograph(s).
Physical Description: Photograph of pen and ink, pencil and watercolour drawings
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Part of
- British Library. Department of Manuscripts :Drawings and sketches illustrative of New Zealand. 1845-1853. [Additional Manuscript 19953. File prints].
- Format
- 1 photograph(s), Works of art, Photographs, Photograph of pen and ink, pencil and watercolour drawings
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