Material culture - Pacific area

Date: 1803 - 1773 - 1774

By: Honkoop (Firm); Chapman, Charles, active 1770s; Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967

Reference: B-054-041

Description: Two woven baskets, a comb and a G-string or cod-piece from Tonga, collected during Cook's second voyage in October 1773 or June 1774. Derived from an engraving by John Record after Charles Chapman published in Cook, James. A voyage towards the South Pole. London, 1777, pl. 21. Rearranged from the English-language version of the engraving. For the other half of this engraving see B-054-042 (Wapenen enz. van de Bewoonen ven de Vrienden-Eilanden) Other Titles - Utensils of the inhabitants of the Friendly Islands. 1. A comb. 2 & 3. Baskets. 4. A feather frontlet (G-string). Extended Title - From; Cook, James. Reizen rondom de Waerld. Pl 21. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Engraving, b&w 217 x 145 mm

Date: ca1982

From: Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-:Slides, photographs, and other material

Reference: PA12-0228

Description: Before and after restoration; photographs of Pacific Island wooden figures. The interior restoration of an unidentified Maori meeting house Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: ca1982

From: Baillie, William Jeavons Hall, 1941-:Slides, photographs, and other material

Reference: PA12-0227

Description: Before and after restoration; photographs of Pacific Island spears (probably hunting and fishing spears). The interior restoration of an unidentified Maori meeting house Quantity: 24 colour original transparency/ies.

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-45-1

Description: View of a detail of the room in Government House, Wellington, used as an office by Major Alexander, Private Secretary and Aid de Camp to the Governor, Lord Ranfurly. The photograph shows the collections decorating part of the wall, which supports a variety of axes, drums, and spears from the Pacific islands, together with the shell and head of a sea turtle, arranged on a tapa cloth. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 20.3 x 14.9 cm, mounted on album page 27.2 x 35.9 cm

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-44-1

Description: View of a detail of the room in Government House, Wellington, used as an office by Dudley Alexander, Private Secretary and Aid de Camp to the Governor, Lord Ranfurly. Alexander is seated at his desk, behind which are a framed panoramic photograph and a watercolour, possibly by Lady Ranfurly. A fine kete hangs on the wall. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 9.7 x 13.8 cm, mounted on album page 27.2 x 35.9 cm

Date: 1986

By: Trade Aid NZ

Reference: Eph-C-INTERNATIONAL-TA-1986-01

Description: Shows a face composed of two half masks from different cultures, in colouring of red and green. Two copies held (one torn at top left corner). Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 400 x 296 mm.

Date: [Between 1897 and 1903]

From: Ranfurly family: Collection

Reference: PA1-f-194-44-2

Description: Detail of the room in Government House, Wellington, used as an office by Major Alexander, Private Secretary and Aid de Camp to the Governor, Lord Ranfurly. Shows collections decorating part of the wall and the area above the fireplace. The wall area supports a variety of axes, drums, and spears from the Pacific Islands arranged on a tapa cloth. A crest of pacific spears also tops the display over the fireplace. Most of the collection over the fireplace consists of photographs, those of Lord and Lady Ranfurly are displayed in wooden frames decorated with chip carving. This technique of wood carving was derived in part from 16th and 17th century British fashions in decorating furniture. It was used by commercial furniture manufacturers, but was also a popular home hobby craft practiced by middle class women in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. That containing Lady Ranfurly's image is designed with a certain arbitary arrangement of elements, a design fashion derived by Europeans from certain conventions of Japanese design. Among the photographs there are two framed paintings. One is a signed water colour of a Maori girl by Frances Hodgkins. Photograph taken between 1897 and 1903 by an unknown photographer. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Toned silver gelatin print 15.1 x 20.6 cm, mounted on album page 27.2 x 35.9 cm