Ngāti Manawa (Mataatua)

Date: [1880s]- 1900

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

By: Smith, Stephenson Percy, 1840-1922; Pulman (Firm)

Reference: PA1-o-2072

Description: Album made up of one letter and photographs taken by Pulman's Photographic Studio and other unidentified photographer(s) in the 1880s, compiled by Stephenson Percy Smith. Photographs show whakairo rākau, Māori wood carving, and some examples of carving in stone and bone. Many of the carvings photographed were owned by the Auckland dealer and collector Eric Craig, some of which are displayed in front of tapa, possibly from Tonga. Photographs include: - a Pākehā man, possibly Eric Craig dressed in a korowai and wearing a sign that reads: "Maori & Island Curios at Craig's Curiosity Shop. Princes St". - photograph of a tekoteko connected to Otaramarae . - taonga photographed in PA1-o-2072-04, PA1-o-2072-09-3 and PA1-o-2072-22 identified as being from Maketu; PA1-o-2072-32 from Maketu and Tuhoe. The album also contains inscriptions and a letter. The front endpapers are signed by Stephenson Percy Smith and pages 61 and 62 of the album contain traced outlines of hei tiki. Each drawing is annotated with selling information such as sold dates and some with location; Auckland Museum, Honolulu, Adelaide, London, Chicago. A one page letter was found interleaved within the front of the album. The letter contains illustrated research notes relating to taonga puoro, Māori musical instruments, addressed to Percy Smith from Augustus Hamilton, dated 4 September [19]00. Many taonga photographed are featured in the volume "Maori Art" by Augustus Hamilton. Source: Mead, Hirini Moko. "Te Toi Whakairo: The art of Maori carving". Oratia Books, 2017. Title supplied by Library. Inscriptions: Album page - centre - S. Percy Smith Carvings possibly held at Te Papa Tongarewa shown in PA1-o-2072-04; PA1-o-2072-06; PA1-o-2072-07; PA1-o-2072-16; PA1-o-2072-20; PA1-o-2072-22 Arrangement: Arrived at the Library with the album pages numbered from "No 2" to "No 28", no album pages for; No 1, No 22. Eric Craig's shop and private museum was located near the Auckland Museum in the 1880s and 1890s. He dealt in Māori and Pacific artifacts, as well as items of natural history such as shells, coral and collections of pressed plants. Many of the carved items recorded here are now owned by museums in New Zealand and overseas (information from Roger Neich, Auckland Museum). Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album and albumen prints Provenance: The album was compiled by Stephenson Percy Smith and later acquired by Jock McEwen. Transfers: Material separated for reasons of preservation and storage: - - prints at Library reference PAColl-6056-04. - - map at MSI-Papers-12909. Processing information: Description enhanced October 2023 and loose material separated for reasons of preservation and storage. Previous reference: PAColl-6056-04. Previous title: Photographs of Maori wood carving.

Date: [ca 1893]

From: Hammond family : Further papers

By: Hammond, Thomas Godfrey (Rev), 1846-1926

Reference: MS-Papers-4528-07

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s) (7 items). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript and printed matter

Date: [19--?]

From: Hammond family : Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-4449-07

Description: Draft by T G Hammond, transcribed and annotated by D H Hammond Quantity: 1 folder(s) (9 leaves). Physical Description: Ms