Decoration and ornament, Māori

Date: 1975-1990

From: Stratford, Peter, fl 1990-2014: Epsom Trust collection

By: Marsters, Daniel, active 1987; Taylor, Alan, 1933-2016

Reference: PAColl-10318

Description: This grouping of photographic prints relates to artist and writer Alan Taylor. Taken by Daniel Masters, Alan Taylor, and unidentified photographer(s) between 1975 and 1990. Many prints have captions or annotations related to publishing processes. Some prints have matching negatives. Comprises: - Two sets of prints related to the book 'Maori Folk Art' by Alan Taylor. Black and white images taken in 1975 show an exterior view of St John the Baptist Church at Waimate North and the gravestone headboard of Paea Kahuru carved by Nutana Mapi, and a portrait of a Samoan minister and his wife in their bedroom. Colour images taken circa 1980s-1990 show graffiti bombing in Ponsonby, and a flagpole carved as an ancestral marakihau figure at Waimana, Urewera (ET/AT:001). - Two colour exterior views of a colonial villa on Ponsonby Road, Auckland, taken circa 1970s-1980s by Alan Taylor (ET/AT:007). - One set of images related to Alan Taylor's research and writing interests concerning Maori architecture and built structures. Includes a black and white exterior of the Holy Trinity Church, Pakaraka, Northland, taken circa 1980s. The colour images taken in 1987 show various marae and rural locations including the Orakau battlesite memorial; Te Tokanganui-a-Noho meeting-house and urupa, Te Kuiti; the Mangapehi marae; Te Hape marae; Rongokarae and other wharenui at Waimana; Ko Te Poho O Tamaterangi and other wharenui at Ruatoki; and rural homes and wharenui at Urewera. A few views show Alan Taylor, Robert Oti and Daniel Marsters visiting the marae. Some images taken by Daniel Marsters (ET/AT:008). - One set of black and white images relate to articles or pamphlets which Alan Taylor wrote on Maori clothing and weaving for the Institute for Polynesian Studies, Brigham Young University. Images show taniko weaving and kiwi feathers. - Two black and white prints show a Samoan village and fale on a beach. Related to 'Samoan and the art of tattoo' by Alan Taylor (ET/AT:011) Arrangement: The creator of this collection had catalogued this photographic material using the ET/AT prefix for 'Epsom Trust Alan Taylor'. The material has been arranged to reflect the original order of the collection. Thus where possible, the original catalogue numbers have been recorded in the scope and contents field for material to which they pertain. Quantity: 59 colour original photographic print(s). 10 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin photoprints, dye coupler prints Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - see Library references at MS-Group-2319 series 4 ET/AT Alan Taylor papers; MS-Papers-11750-31 (ET/AT:001); MS-Papers-11750-32; MS-Papers-11750-38 (ET/AT:007); MS-Papers-11750-40 (ET/AT:008); MS-Papers-11750-45 (ET/AT:011); MS-Papers-11750-48..

Date: 1959 - 1960

By: Post Office Savings Bank (N.Z.); C M Banks Ltd; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1960-01

Description: A single sheet calendar shows a picture by E Mervyn Taylor, of a Maori treasure box or wakahuia, whose lid is being held in two hands. Above the box are the faces of a Maori man and woman, showing their moko and pounamu ornaments. The attached text sheet gives some biographical informational about the artist Mervyn Taylor, and discusses moko, hairstyles, Maori ornaments, greenstone (pounamu), ear pendants (kuru), neck pendants (hei), hei tiki, koropepe, Hei matau (pendant shaped like a fish), pekapeka (bat-shaped pendant), wakahuia, and huia. Mr Hemi Bennett's help in checking the information is acknowledged at the bottom of the attached fact sheet. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, on sheet with attached calendar, 575 x 338 mm, and black and white sheet of text overlaid, attached at top by metal bar and hanging loop. Provenance: Donated by Brian de Joux, Wellington, in 2011.

Date: 1844-1845

From: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph (Rev), 1824-1886: [Three sketchbooks of New Zealand scenes and people. 1844-1847]

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886

Reference: E-111-1-004

Description: The title page of Hutton's sketchbook. Predominantly painted red and blue, it features Maori decorative motifs, Maori with facial moko and New Zealand trees. The central sketch shows two Maori wearing cloaks, outside a whare; one is sitting, the other standing and holding a taiaha. The script is in a Blackletter style. Physical Description: Ink and warwecolour on page of sketchbook, 200 x 160 mm

Date: 1844-1845

From: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph (Rev), 1824-1886: [Three sketchbooks of New Zealand scenes and people. 1844-1847]

By: Hutton, Thomas Biddulph, 1824-1886

Reference: E-111-1-110/116

Description: Painted predominently red and blue, gives an index listing of the titles of Hutton's sketches. In some cases the titles vary from the wording accompanying the drawing on the page. Hutton illustratively plays with the words 'tail' and 'piece', and concludes on the last page of his text: 'The frontispiece, tail piece and index ornaments are different portions of Maori carving tastefully combined into their present forms by T.B. Hutton.' Physical Description: Ink and warwecolour on pages of sketchbook, 200 x 160 mm

Date: 1788

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Brodtmann, Karl Joseph, 1787-1862

Reference: A-464-033

Description: Shows vignettes of three Maori whare, one in Tolaga Bay on the East Coast, and two in the Bay of Islands. The latter two have decorative carving around the windows and doors and on the maihi, or diagonal bargeboards. The hut is unadorned The chieftan Pomare could refer to Pomare I, originally named Whetoi, who established pa in the Bay of Islands in the late 18th and early 19th centuries Other Titles - New Zealand. Hut in Tolaga Bay (6 feet high). House belonging to a Bay of Islands chieftan (6 feet high). House belonging to the chieftan Pomare, in the Bay of Islands (8 feet high) [translation] Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842. Entdeckungs-Reise der franzosischen Corvette Astrolabe ... aus dem Franzosischen mit einem lithographirten Atlas. Schaffhausen [Switzerland], in J. Brodtmann's lithograpischen Anstalt, [1836? Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph on wove paper, 260 x 360 mm Provenance: Purchase: Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, April 2014

Date: 1788

By: Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-; Brodtmann, Karl Joseph, 1787-1862

Reference: A-464-034

Description: Shows a variety of waeapons, tools and jewellery used by Maori. Also shows implements from Australia (New Holland), including necklaces made with shells, an axe, knife and spear, and a canoe Other Titles - New Zealand. Plate 28. Weapons from Murderers Bay. Fish-hooks from Astrolabe Bay. Earrings from Astrolabe Bay. Mortar and pestle for pounding fern roots. Pounamu pendant. Boar's-tooth pendant [translation] Extended Title - From: Dumont d'Urville, Jules Sebastien Cesar, 1790-1842. Entdeckungs-Reise der franzosischen Corvette Astrolabe ... aus dem Franzosischen mit einem lithographirten Atlas. Schaffhausen [Switzerland], in J. Brodtmann's lithograpischen Anstalt, [1836? Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, hand-coloured, on wove paper, 360 x 260 mm Provenance: Purchase: Antiquarian Art, Lower Hutt, April 2014