Folk dancing, Tongan

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-017-c

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook and another sailor amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of women performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. There are instrumentalists in the centre of the dancers, beating sticks on the ground. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 17 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 268 x 406 mm

Date: 1784

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Morris, Thomas, active 1750-1811

Reference: A-111-030

Description: Tonga women dancing Derived from engraving by Sharp after Webber on Cook's 3rd voyage in Cook J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Pl. 16. Extended Title - Published in Anderson, G W A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages. Pl. 90. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w ; 219 x 344 mm

Date: 1800

From: Artist unknown :[South Seas views from Galleria universale di tutti i popoli del mondo. Venezia, Antonelli, 1841]

Reference: A-119-045

Description: Plate 77, volume 3 of an illustrated Italian publication. An upper plate shows a Maori man from the Far North District, one arm stretched out, with another figure, supposedly a woman (in fact a boy) to the right. A lower plate shows a group of Tongan women dancing, observed by the seated Queen Tine to the right. Both views are based on engravings by Piron from J. J. H. Labaillardiere's 'Voyage in search of La Perouse' (Paris, 1800) Other Titles - Native man and girl of New Zealand. Dance of the Friendly Isles before the Queen [translation] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Two hand-coloured lithographs on one sheet, 296 x 201 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-016-b

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of men performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. Other Titles - Ha-apai, Tonga Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 16 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 269 x 408 mm (margins cropped)

Date: 1977-1979

From: Crane, Wendy Vivienne, 1936-: Photographs of New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji, and India

Reference: PA12-1840

Description: Slides taken during a visit to Tongatapu, Tonga. Many of the images are of performances of dances. Others include a silver band, young women modeling dresses, corals, and people in boats Quantity: 22 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: 1790 - 1777 - 1799

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Dadley, J, active 1790s

Reference: A-111-045

Description: A scene lit by taper light, shows a group of men dancing in unison in two groups, separated by a group of seated figures with long poles. In the immediate foreground is a row of seated figures including two Europeans. Some of these seated figures are holding tapers. Similar but a mirror image, compared to the work at C-131-016. Derived from an engraving by J Sharp from Webber on Cook's 3rd voyage in: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Pl. 15. Other Titles - Ha-apai, Tonga Extended Title - Published in: Anderson, G W. A new, authentic, and complete collection of voyages round the world. [Anr. ed.] Pl. 89. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, 222 x 343 mm on sheet 235 x 361 mm ; trimmed inside upper plate

Date: 1968

From: [Ephemera of quarto size, relating to Polynesian peoples and culture in New Zealand and the Pacific. 1960-1969]

Reference: Eph-B-POLYNESIAN-1968-02

Description: Programme cover shows a Polynesian pattern, a photographs of airline passengers, and a map of the Pacific routes flown by Air New Zealand. The inside spread gives a programme of the performances and performers, from Samoa (Pouesi Fitisemani, Taimi Tuioti), Rarotonga (including Dora Evans), Tonga (Lose, Louna, Betty; and Ana Hansen), ansd Aotearoa (Matiu Kauri Maori Group, Betty Thompson, Ted Bennett). Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on pamphlet folded to 270 x 200 mm. Provenance: Donated anonymously in 2015.

Date: 1790

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793

Reference: A-111-068/074

Description: Contents: The inside of the house in the morai in Atooi -- The inside of a house, in Nootka Sound -- The Tschuktschi and their habitations -- A view of Huaheine -- A night dance by women in Hapaee --- Poulaho king of the Friendly Islands drinking kava -- A view of Snug Corner Cove in Prince Williams Sound. Extended Title - Derived from engravings by Webber on Cook's 3rd voyage in: Cook, J. Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Quantity: 7 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engravings, b&w, ca 130 x 207 mm on sheets: ca 150 x 230 mm; some edges trimmed inside plate marks

By: Piron, Jean, active 1791-1794; Copia, Jacques Louis, 1764-1799

Reference: A-111-109

Description: Five dancing Tongan women in the centre. On the right under a palm-frond roof inside an enclosure sits Queen Tine, surrounded by female attendants. One woman seated outside the enclosure is clapping to give the dancers a beat. On the left, three Tongan men and a Frenchman observe the scene Derived from engravings by Copia after drawings by Piron on d'Entrecasteaux's voyage published in: Labillardiere, J. J. Atlas du voyage. Paris, 1800. Pl. 27. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving b&w ; 127 x 197 mm on sheet 127 x 213 mm ; partly trimmed inside plate marks.

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-017-b

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook and another sailor amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of women performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. There are instrumentalists in the centre of the dancers, beating sticks on the ground. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 17 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 268 x 406 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-016-a

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of men performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. Other Titles - Ha-apai, Tonga Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 16 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 269 x 408 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-016-c

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of men performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. Other Titles - Ha-apai, Tonga Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 16 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 269 x 408 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-017-a

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook and another sailor amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of women performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. There are instrumentalists in the centre of the dancers, beating sticks on the ground. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 17 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 268 x 406 mm

Date: 1777 - 1790

From: Webber, John, 1751-1793 :[Engravings to illustrate Cook's voyages] / Beilby & Bewick sculpt. - [Newcastle ; Printed by M Brown, 1790?]

Reference: A-111-072

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook and another sailor amongst a row of Tongan men in the extreme foreground, watching a group of women performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. There are instrumentalists in the centre of the dancers, beating sticks on the ground. Other Titles - Ha'apai Derived from engravings by Webber on Cook's 3rd voyage in: Cook, J. Voyage to the Pacific Ocean. London, 1784. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w, image 92 x 164 mm, on sheet 140 x 220 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-017-d

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook and another sailor amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of women performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. There are instrumentalists in the centre of the dancers, beating sticks on the ground. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 17 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 268 x 406 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-016-d

Description: A night scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of men performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. Other Titles - Ha-apai, Tonga Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 16 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 269 x 408 mm

Date: 1772 - 1775

From: Artist unknown :[South Seas views from Galleria universale di tutti i popoli del mondo. Venezia, Antonelli, 1841]

By: Hodges, William, 1744-1797

Reference: A-119-036

Description: Plate 60 volume 3 of an unknown Italian publication. An upper plate showing a burial ground, possibly in the Marquesas Islands; a lower plate showing a Polynesian woman dancing in a kneeling position with a Tongan man to her right, also dancing, the latter view after William Hodges, 1770s Other Titles - View of a morai in Oreihi [Marquesas?]. Dancer of Movi Island. Man of the Friendly Isles [Tonga. Translation] Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Two hand-coloured lithographs on one sheet, 296 x 201 mm

Date: Between 1909 and 1914

From: Hocart, Arthur Maurice, 1883-1939 :Photographs of Solomon Islands, Rotuma and Fiji

Reference: PAColl-1914-272

Description: Fane wearing a lakalaka dress at Tubou on the island of Lakeba, Fiji, photographed between 1909 and 1914 by Arthur Maurice Hocart. The lakalaka is a Tongan dance also performed on Lakeba. Inscriptions: Verso - centre - Small feast prepared by Rt. Finau for Tongan visitors. [Kava and pig are indicated on the inscription] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned gelatin silver print 10 x 7.5 cm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-017

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook and another sailor amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of women performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. There are instrumentalists in the centre of the dancers, beating sticks on the ground. Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 17 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 268 x 406 mm

Date: 1777 - 1784

From: Webber, John 1751-1793 :[Plates illustrating Captain Cook's third voyage / J. Webber delt, various hands engraved. London, 1784]

By: Webber, John, 1751-1793; Sharp, William, 1749-1824

Reference: C-131-016

Description: A scene in Lifuka, Tonga, in 1777, with James Cook amongst a circle of Tongan men, watching a large group of men performing a dance, lit by tapers held by the watchers. Other Titles - Ha-apai, Tonga Extended Title - From: Cook, J. A voyage to the Pacific Ocean ...(London, Strahan, 1784). Atlas. Plate 16 Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving on cream wove paper, 269 x 408 mm