Heaphy, Charles 1820-1881 :Wata, or provision house, at Otumatua, on the north shore of Cook's Strait / drawn by Chas. Heaphy [1841]. Day & Haghe lithrs. London, Smith Elder & Co., [1845]

Shows small storehouse on two stout poles about 10 feet high, with a notched pole used as a ladder between them. Beneath the house are bags of food, and a Maori pounds stick on a block. Another stands at bottom of ladder. In the background two figures sit by a cooking pot outside a whare, and a dog roams in front of them. At right is a fence with carved posts. The tallest post depicts a carved humanoid figure smoking a pipe.

Cf original watercolour shelved at A-146-009.

Extended Title - From: Illustrations to Adventure in New Zealand by E. J. Wakefield. Plate 11

Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title]

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Lithograph, two-tone 261 x 178 mm