IMAGE
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1815-1854 :Natives dancing their war dance before the Pah of Hoienemutu at Rotorua [Between 1841 and 1843]
- Date
- 1841 - 1843
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
- Reference
- E-143-122-b
- Description
A group of Maori in haka formation, holding canoe paddles in the air. They are dancing in front of Ohinemutu pa's palisades. Large whare and pataka are visible beyond the palisades. Several waka are on the beach to the right, with one tied up in the foreground. Further people are seated and standing to the right
A drawing copied by G F Angas in 1844 without acknowledgement to Merrett. It was reproduced as a lithograph in Angas' The New Zealander illustrated (London, 1847), plate 53
Other Titles - Ohinemutu pa
Quantity: 1 photograph(s).
Physical Description: Photograph of ink and wash drawing
- 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 ink and wash drawing
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