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[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :An aged slave woman - Pouketuti [in the interior beyond Mokau]; ornamental paddle[s] belonging to Te Heuheu, the principal chief of Taupo Lake; A child at Te Rapa, Taupo Lake; [and] meri meri of Taupo [1844] Patua or bucket; slave preparing the stinking corn; Henaki or eel net [1844]
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- A-020-034
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Quantity: 9 drawing(s) (5 on recto, 4 on verso).
Physical Description: Pencil, sizes vary
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- [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844] / [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Bound pages from Sketchbook 1844]
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- 9 drawing(s) (5 on recto, 4 on verso), Works of art, Pencil, sizes vary
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Unknown[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :An aged slave woman - Pouketuti [in the interior beyo...
Date: 1844
From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]
By: Angas, George French, 1822-1886
Reference: A-020-034-1
Description: An elderly woman, wrapped in a flax cloak, squatting in front of the palisades of a pa at Pouketuti (Puketutu), top left. Two canoe paddles with elaborate carving to the left and right. In the centre, a squatting child and to the right a carved mere with feathers at the handle, from Taupo. Angas was in the Puketutu area in mid-October 1844 and at Taupo in late October - early November. Original sketches for lithographs in: Angas, G.F. "New Zealanders Illustrated", Plate LV, no 14, p24; Plate XLII, nos 4 & 5, p96; Plate XXXIX, no 12, p89; Plate LVIII, No. 10, p130. Acquired before 1941 Quantity: 5 drawing(s) (on one sheet). Physical Description: Pencil on sheet 315 x 260 mm
[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :Patua or bucket [1844]
Date: 1844
From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]
Reference: A-020-034-2-1
Description: A detail in a larger drawing, showing a shallow Maori bucket made of bark Original sketches for lithograph In: Angas, G F, The New Zealanders illustrated, Plate LV, no. 9, p 124 (Bark bucket only) and Plate LV, no. 5 p 124 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 55 x 95 mm, on sheet 313 x 256 mm
[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Squatting Maori woman seen from the back. 1844]
Date: 1844
From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]
Reference: A-020-034-2-2
Description: Top right, a back view of a squatting Maori woman in a flax cloak, annotated with colour notes 'greenish brown, old.' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 115 x 95 mm, on sheet 313 x 256 mm
[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :Slave preparing the stinking corn
Date: [1844]
From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]
Reference: A-020-034-2-3
Description: Centre left on a larger sheet of drawings, 'Slave preparing the stinking corn' shows a woman squatting beside a cooking pot with corn husks on her knees. She wears a grass skirt and displays scars from cutting herself on her shoulders and upper breasts. Behind her are the palisades of a pa. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 175 x 160 mm on sheet, 313 x 256 mm
[Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :Henaki or eel net [1844]
Date: 1844
From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]
Reference: A-020-034-2-4
Description: Bottom right on larger sheet of drawings, 'Henaki or eel net', is a funnel-shaped woven eel trap, viewed from the end of the opening. Original sketch for lithograph in: Angas, G F, The New Zealanders illustrated, Plate LV, no. 5 p 124 The eel trap was also known as kupenga Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 75 x 95 mm, on sheet 313 x 256 mm