Decorative arts, Māori

Date: 1970 - 1975

From: Air New Zealand Ltd: [Ephemera of quarto size, timetables and advertising relating to Air New Zealand flights, routes and aircraft]

By: Harvey, Norman Bruce, 1931-

Reference: Eph-B-AVIATION-ANZ-1970-01

Description: Pamphlet illustrated with photographs of merchandise available at the Air New Zealand Jet Shop, including patterned rugs, sheepskin seat covers, brush and comb sets with Maori motifs, jigsaw puzzles, bags, t-shirts, suitcases, honey packs, desk sets, paua shell cufflinks, kotiate (Maori war club), pocket cassette recorder, shaver, perfumes, cigarette box with carved Maori design, cigarette lighter, tie rack, dolls dressed in traditional costumes of Maori, Tahitian and Hawaiian peoples. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithographs on trifold pamphlet folded to 255 x 160 mm..

Date: 1967 - 1968

By: Smith, Joan, 1911-1989

Reference: Eph-B-MAORI-1968-01

Description: Card showing a strip of a rafter pattern, and an illustration of the inside of a Maori meeting house to show the placement of such rafters. Figures sit around a fire within the whare. Text states that the rafter design was based on a fern motif. Dated from the dates of other material received from the same source, and by analogy with the material housed at Eph-A-MAORI-1967-Smith. Price of card is in $, suggesting a date after July 1967. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Relief print on sheet 260 x 218 mm.

Date: 1967 - 1969

By: Smith, Joan, 1911-1989; Eglinton, Graham Edward, 1923-2005

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1967-Smith

Description: Cards include: 4. Gateway. Nga whaka mihi; with best wishes (1 copy) 26. Carving [tools] (cord drill, adze, mallet, obsidian finishing tools, gauges and chisels). Nga whaka mihi; with best wishes(2 copies) 30. Marakihau. Nga whaka mihi; with best wishes (2 copies) Envelope show a poupou (carved post) (2 copies) Card prices are in decimal currency, indication a date of 1967 or later. Numbering of cards suggests that at least 30 designs were made. Quantity: 4 Other printed ephemera item(s) plus duplicates of 3. Physical Description: Offset prints sizes varying up to 240 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ray Eglinton, Wellington, 2016, from the collection of his father Graham Eglinton.

Date: 1960 - 1969

By: Eglinton Plastics Ltd; Coulls, Somerville, Wilkie Ltd

Reference: Eph-A-MAORI-1960s-03

Description: Illustrated pamphlet advertising the "Tane" range of Polynesian artifacts manufactured in plastic by Eglinton Plastics, a Petone company. Products include tiki in two sizes (14 inches and 3.5 inches high), kiwi in two sizes, koruru head in seven different sizes and styles, amo (2 options), maihi (2 styles), wahaika (3 styles), tekoteko, and poupou. Also show 2 versions of a hongi between a male and female - one is designed as a lamp and one as a plaque. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Offset prints on sheet 213 x 530 mm, folded to 213 x 135 mm. Provenance: Donated by Ray Eglinton, Wellington, 2016, from the collection of his father Graham Eglinton.

Date: 1967 - 1968

By: Smith, Joan, 1911-1989

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1968-01

Description: Wrapping paper sheet shows repetitive pattern of carved Maori figures, geometric pattersn and kowhaiwhai. Dated from the dates of other material received from the same source, and by comparison with other work by Joan Smith. Quantity: 1 Other printed ephemera item(s). Physical Description: Relief print on sheet 745 x 497 mm.

Date: 1962-1971

From: Fowler, Leo, 1902-1976: Papers and photographs

Reference: PAColl-10510-2

Description: Photographic prints of Māori people, landscapes, archeological sites, damaged roads (earthquake damage?), people creating tukutuku panels, and images of Māori carvings. Includes images of Te Mana o Turanga, the meeting house at Whakato Marae. Also includes images of Maureen Kingi (later Waaka) who was Miss New Zealand 1962 with Heta Te Kani and his wife, also one image of Apirana Ngata standing with an unknown Māori man who is dressed in academic robes. The previous reference number was 77-014-1/06B and its previous record title was "Unlabelled folder, mainly photographs of Maori costumes and artifacts". Quantity: 80 b&w original photographic print(s). 1 colour original photographic print(s). 1 b&w copy photographic print(s). Physical Description: Black & white, and colour photographic prints Processing information: Previously this record was a folder in the manuscripts section of the Library, but it has been relocated to the Photographic Archive due to storage needs and has been given a new reference number and title to reflect this change.