Earrings

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-029-1

Description: Shows a mako or shark tooth earring or pendant, a tiki (ornament worn suspended round the neck), a greenstone or pounamu earring, a flute, a woman's moko (lip and chin tattoo), a wooden dagger and a tukituki (type of mere or club). The shark's tooth, small tiki and earring are all original sketches for details in the lithograph 'New Zealand ornaments and decorations', being plate 39 of G. F. Angas' The New Zealanders illustrated (London, McLean, 1847). All three objects are made of South Island pounamu (jade or greenstone). Both the tiki and the shark's tooth were 'drawn from offerings on a wahi tapu, consecrated by the parents to a deceased child, as being the most precious articles they possessed; although exposed amidst the ruins of a deserted pah, so strict is the law of tapu that no one dare touch these valuable relics'. Other Titles - He tiki Quantity: 7 drawing(s) (on one sheet). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on sheet 233 x 132 mm

Date: [1950-1964]

From: McEwen, Jock Malcolm, 1915-2010: Collection

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-102

Description: Includes two Cook Islands Self-Government celebrations earrings belong to Ruth McEwen (1965); appointment of McEwen to be a judge of the Native Land Court, Cook Islands (1954); travelling allowances invoices (1964); letter from Les, Dept of Island Territories, re Constitution Bill; programme for the Ngatataniia Community Office; pages 1-66 of `The Record in the Cook Islands and Niue, 1901-1945'; and Cook Islands issue of the Victoria University of Wellington International Club (v2, n7, Aug 1963) Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1990 - 2002

By: Bromhead, Peter, 1933-; Dominion (Newspaper)

Reference: A-366-001/053

Description: Cartoons on individuals involved in political and social issues in New Zealand and overseas. 009-014 part of a strip on public reaction to politicians; 003-006 a series on Christine Rankin. Quantity: 53 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt pen drawings on paper, sizes vary.

Date: 1993

By: Māori Women's Welfare League

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1993-07

Description: A poster announcing a conference of indigenous women. Shows the stylised heads of five indigenous women in profile, the one at the left facing right, and the rest facing left. The one at the left wears a greenstone earring and is greeting the one next to her with a hongi. Other Titles - Ropu Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph, 420 x 600 mm. Provenance: Donated by Andrea Tangohau, Wellington, in 2013.

Date: 1917 - 1918

From: McFarlane, Francis Ledingham, 1888-1948 :[Sketches from war service in India and the Middle East, 1919-1918] / F L McFarlane

Reference: E-289-q-026

Description: Shows a head and shoulder portrait of a dark-skinned woman wearing a striped headscarf and large hoop earrings. The view of her face is a three-quarter view. The location is probably Egypt. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on page 255 x 170 mm.

Date: 2001

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: H-673-001/023

Description: Cartoons on political and social issues including: Rugby referee laying down the rules to the All Blacks and their competing team. Comment on the Christine Rankin (WINZ) case where various public servants accused her of dressing in a sexually provocative way. Shows Slobadov Milosevic being taken to the guillotine (World Court). He seems unaware of what he's done wrong. Comment on Christine Rankin's credibility in not being re-appointed as CEO of WINZ. Comment on the crisis facing the NZ Post Board and where the blame is being placed by the CEO and the rest of NZ Post. Shows Slobodan Milosevic at the World Court facing War Crimes charges. He does not accept the jurisdiction of the court. Cartoon shows his hands and fore-arms soaked and dripping with blood. Shows male public opinion on the comments by the head of the PM's Dept., Mark Prebble, over not knowing where to look when he caught sight of Christine Rankin's breasts. Show's the two sides of political alliance with Helen Clark by NZ Post Chairman of the Board, Ross Armstrong. Mark Prebble explains how public servants in the Labour administration should model themselves on the Soviet Politburo. He suggest Christine Rankin model herself on Mrs Kruschev who is shown as obese and with only her face and forearms showing. Comment on under-age drinking. Cartoon obituary to New Zealand film maker John O'Shea, 1920-2001. Comment on the deteriorating relationship between enza and fruit growers. Shows members of the public commenting on the Versace fashion exhibition at Te Papa. Shows a Tibetan in the stocks. He congratulates China, his oppressor, being the next Olympic games hosts. Shows consumer confusion over multiple power providers and name changes along with power cuts and expensive power bills leading to illness and possible premature death. Shows Tiger Woods commenting on the $500 fee golf fans are asked to pay to watch him play. Shows whales contemplating their move up the world's hit list. Comment on Michelle Boag's new prominence in the National Party with the ex-Prime Minister Jenny Shipley now in her shadow. Comment on globalisation and free trade protests. Comment on the Governments reaction to huge electricity price hikes. Comment on the poor state of the public Health System. Shows Max Bradford, Minister of Electricity, reporting his success in electricity reforms, only to be shown up by a power cut. Shows two rat scientists discussing how human experiments with genetics led to the rats becoming the dominant species and in turn exterminating humans. A human skeleton is in the foreground. Quantity: 23 cartoon bromide(s). Physical Description: B5 size bromides.

Date: [1990s]

By: Scott, Thomas Joseph, 1947-; New Zealand. Health Promotion Agency

Reference: B-198-018

Description: Depicts a young Maori woman, head and shoulders only, wearing a traditional Maori tipare (headband) and a long drop earing made of bone. Her moko has been designed to look like a skull, commenting on the accompanying headline. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Tom Scott [in felt-tip pen] Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Felt tip, ink and Chinese white on paper, 420 x 600 mm Provenance: Donation: Health Promotion Agency, Wellington, December 2015

Date: 1879

From: Keesing, Henry A, 1826?-1896 :[Landscapes, caricatures and portraits] / H A Keesing. 1879-[1880s]

Reference: A-278-007

Description: Lefthand - Profile of an unidentified man wearing a hat with an upturned brim and smoking a short pipe. He has a moustache and a short beard. Righthand - Profile of an unidentified tattooed Maori wearing a hat with a feather stuck in the headband. He is wearing an earring of [feathers?] in his left ear and a jacket buttoned at the collar. On verso - Detail of wrought iron balustrades Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 79 x 62 & 92 x 57 on sheet 230 x 291 cm

Date: 1891

From: Various artists :[Proofs and related pictorial material for illustrations to J White's Ancient history of the Maori (Wellington, 1891)] 1832, [1880s?] 1890

Reference: B-110-018

Description: Four lithographs showing Maori artifacts. One shows ear adornments, one fishhooks or various kinds, one hoops, and one neck adornments including various types of hei tiki and a carved hook shape Quantity: 4 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Four lithographs on one sheet, 295 x 450 mm

Date: ca 1929

Reference: PAColl-4254

Description: Photographs of: an old worn tiki and an earring probably of ponamu; a model of a waka; a pare or korupe with damage to one side (no longer in situ) and the inscription "Mr Black of Gisborne past (sic) on his Maori carving collection 18th December 1929" (from which the dating for this collection has been taken); a waka huia with the lid shown separately; and another pare also not in situ. It is possible that all these items belonged to Mr Black of Gisborne. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 5 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 1994

From: Clark, Laurence [Klarc] 1949- :Editorial cartoons. 1 March - 30 April 1994

Reference: H-114-011

Description: Shows 2 policemen wearing earings and wondering where Bob Moodie is. Refers to the ban on policemen wearing earings and to former Secretary of the NZ Police Association, Bob Moodie, known for wearing a kaftan Quantity: 1 cartoon bromide(s).

Date: 1955

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989 :[Cartoons from the Free Lance Collection 1954 to 1960]

Reference: C-076-063

Description: Four scenes showing themed costume jewellery and the problems women may encounter Publication - Published on 5 Jan 1955 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 190 x 610 mm

Date: 1999

From: Hodgson, Trace, 1958- :[31 original political and social cartoons published in Metro magazine from February to December 1999]

Reference: A-129-068

Description: Shows three savagely competing Auckland women politicians: Judith Tizard as a bird, Donna Awatere Huata and a bulldog and Sandra Lee as a snake, baring their teeth as each other. Each wears an earring to identify which political party they belong to. See article in the "New Zealand herald" 10 November 1999, at http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=100467 Inscriptions: Recto - top right - 55 Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, gouache and coloured pencil, on sheet 297 x 420 mm.

Date: [ca 1950-1960]

Reference: G-479

Description: A three-quarter, half-length portrait of a Māori man, in the style of Gottfried Lindauer. He wears a large pounamu tiki on a red ribbon around his neck, a black ribbon with a shark's tooth in his right ear, and two huia feathers in his hair. His korowai or tag cloak is draped loosely at the front of his chest and his face is heavily decorated with ta moko. His gaze is off to the viewer's right. The identity of the sitter is unknown. Previous owners had identified him as Hamiora Maioha, of Ngapuhi. The cloak worn by the subject is painted in a similar way to that in Lindauer's portrait of Haora Tipa Koinaki, at the Auckland Art Gallery. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - G. Lindauer [in red brushpoint] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on canvas, 600 x 500 mm, in gilt and gesso frame 750 x 650 mm. Provenance: Previously owned by vendor's father; painting bought at auction at M McKearney & Co Ltd., Hastings, November 1974. Prior to that, it was in a private collection.

Date: [1953]

By: Page, Evelyn Margaret, 1899-1988

Reference: G-068

Description: Head and shoulders frontal portrait of Dr Diana Mason (1922-2007) in evening dress and large drop earrings. Quantity: 1 oil(s) on canvas on board, famed. Physical Description: Oil on canvas on board, 540 x 430 mm, in frame 680 x 570 mm Provenance: From the estate of Bruce and Diana Mason.

Date: 1979

From: Westra, Ans, 1936-2023: Photographs

Reference: AW-1790

Description: All scenes were taken in the area near the Lower Hutt Horticultural Hall and Dowse Art Gallery in 1979. Images include close-up views of unidentified men and women (frames 1 to 5); a kuia wearing a strongly patterned jacket, top hat, shark's tooth ear-ring, black skirt, sandals and a name tag (frames 5 and 7 to 9); a New Zealand Railways bus in the background (8 & 9); crowds in the background (frames 6 & 7); and a young man wearing a t'shirt with the logo "New Zealand Polynesian Festival, Gisborne [date illegible]" (frame 6). Unless otherwise stated, all persons are unidentified. Photographs taken by Ans Westra. Source of descriptive information - Notes written by Westra, accompanying the corresponding proof sheet Quantity: 4 b&w original negative(s) 120 strips containing 12 images. Physical Description: Cellulose acetate roll film

Date: 1847 - 1850 - 1851

By: Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889

Reference: A-449-019

Description: A seated portrait of Tamati Waka Nene, as an older man with white hair and prominent full moko. He is wrapped in a European blanket, and smokes a pipe. His right ear is adorned with a long ribbon and possibly a pendant. He looks off to his left, and wears a benign expression Other Titles - Tamati Waka Nene Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - R.A.O. [artist's initials in pencil]; Verso - bottom centre - Nene Tomati Waki [in pencil] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil on paper, 217 x 165 mm Provenance: In a private collection in the Wairarapa for three generations previously

Date: 22 Sept 1959

From: Evening post (Newspaper. 1865-2002) :Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post newspaper

Reference: EP/1959/3207-F

Description: Photograph taken for the Evening Post newspaper of Wellington by an unidentified staff photographer. Negative sleeve reads - Earrings valued at £285 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Cellulosic film negative, 6.5 x 6.5 cm

Date: [1917-1919]

From: Wilkin, Minnie Gladys Esther, 1901-1984: Photographic portraits of members of the Sling Camp Concert Party at Salisbury, England

Reference: PAColl-10478-3

Description: Mounted studio group portrait of theatre performers in costume. Taken by H.C. Messer (Salisbury, England) between 1917 and 1919. The women wear long skirts, waistcoats, sleeved blouses, and headscarves. The men's costumes include tasselled floppy hats, loosely tied cummerbunds, and collared long-sleeved shirts. Both men and women wear large hoop earrings. Gladys Wilkin is standing on the far left with her elbow resting on the back of a chair. Quantity: 1 photograph(s) on mount. Physical Description: Mounted photograph print

Date: 1988

From: The Crawlspace Records Collection; popular music posters. 1980-2002.

By: Snapper (Musical group)

Reference: Eph-D-MUSIC-CR-1988-02

Description: Shows a semi-abstract illustration of a head and shoulder portrait of an African woman wearing a large hoop earring. Colouring is pink, black and white. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster. Physical Description: Photolithograph on poster 595 x 420 mm. (laminated) Provenance: Donated by Crawlspace Records in 2003.