Material culture

Date: 1998

Reference: Eph-E-HISTORY-1998-01

Description: Arrangement of text. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on poster.. Physical Description: Print, black, on white danplate, 604 x 905 mm.

Date: [1905-1920]

From: Cowan, James, 1870-1943 : Papers

Reference: MSX-9073

Description: Notebook containing research notes relating to the Maori history of the Horowhenua including 'the life of Mahutu Te Toko'. Includes moteatea and whakatauki. Also talks of flora and fauna, and material culture such as waka and carved whare. There is a small photograph of a carved whare, probably from the Horowhenua district. Language - Contains some Maori content, particularly moteatea and place names. Arrangement: 53 in original listing Quantity: 1 volume(s). Contains some sketches in pencil and ink. Also one small photograph of a carved whare, possibly in the Horowhenua district.

Date: 1943

From: New Zealand National Party: [Political pamphlets, fliers and election propaganda. 1940s]

Reference: Eph-B-NZ-NATIONAL-1943-01

Description: A political campaign booklet issued to the householder prior to the 1943 general election. The front cover shows an advertisement from 1937, of all the commodities available to women then, and urges voters to choose the National Party as a way to "end the era of unnecessary shortages" that have arisen while Labour has been in power. The back cover promises to remember the difficulties imposed by the policies of Labour's secretary-treasurer Michael Moohan. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Panphlet folded to 282 x 213 mm.

Date: 1961 - 1962

By: Post Office Savings Bank (N.Z.); C M Banks Ltd; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1962-01

Description: A single sheet calendar shows a picture by E Mervyn Taylor, of a group of Maori in traditional dress, conducting a bartering arrangement. The attached text sheet discusses pre-European times, ceremonial feasts, trival possessions, food, spare time pursuits, canoe builders, tattooing, property ownership, tohungas, exchange, the coming of the white man, tattooed heads, trade for muskets and land, British coinage. The text sheet also has small illustrations by E Mervyn Taylor. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, on sheet with attached calendar, 570 x 335 mm, and black and white sheet of text overlaid, attached at top by metal bar and hanging loop. Provenance: Donated by Brian de Joux, Wellington, in 2011.

Date: 1958 - 1959

By: Post Office Savings Bank (N.Z.); C M Banks Ltd; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1959-01

Description: A single sheet calendar (with the calendar part removed) shows a montage of pictures by E Mervyn Taylor, of various scenes of Maori involved in fishing, and the equipment they use including fish hooks (matau), nets (kupenga), line fishing (hi ika), eel fishing, crayfish pots (taruke), fish spears (tao), knife (maripi), shellfish rake (roukakahi) and the activities of cutting flax and storing fish. These are explained more fully on the attached fact sheet, which also gives some biographical information about Mervyn Taylor. The biographical information about Mervyn Taylor suggests that the (now removed) calendar was dated 1959. The help of Mr M Rotohiko Jones and Mr Hemi Bennett in checking the information is acknowledged at the bottom of the attached fact sheet. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, on sheet originally with attached calendar, 575 x 338 mm, and black and white sheet of text overlaid, attached at top by metal bar Provenance: Donated by Brian de Joux, Wellington, in 2011.

Date: 1928-1931

From: Stowell, Henry Matthew, 1859-1944 :Papers

Reference: MS-Papers-0062-35

Description: Includes `Recollections of a rambler' which describes 19th century women; `Captain Amunsden' a written tribute from Stowell; a story called `Grabbing a dream' which describes Stowell's dreams; `Maori broadcasting - the Radio-ing experts' which describes Stowell's input into radio broadcasting and his background; printed articles and an essay on an archaeological dig in Taranaki uncovering Maori hangi pits and the history around the area; also an essay `The colour of manuka' which describes this type of New Zealand flora Quantity: 1 folder(s). Physical Description: Typescripts (some with ms annotations) and printed matter (some with ms annotations)

Date: [1940-1980]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-032

Description: Letter from Denis Rogers, Hamilton, with photographs of carved piece up for auction in Hastings (1974); list of Maori artifacts in the 1820 collection of the Miklukho-Maklay Museum of Anthropology and Ethnography in Leningrad, possibly by David Simmons; paper by H D Skinner, `The Water symbol in Maori art'; `Te Whai-te-Mutu'; and publicity folder for `Te Maori' exhibition Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1959 - 1960

By: Post Office Savings Bank (N.Z.); C M Banks Ltd; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1960-01

Description: A single sheet calendar shows a picture by E Mervyn Taylor, of a Maori treasure box or wakahuia, whose lid is being held in two hands. Above the box are the faces of a Maori man and woman, showing their moko and pounamu ornaments. The attached text sheet gives some biographical informational about the artist Mervyn Taylor, and discusses moko, hairstyles, Maori ornaments, greenstone (pounamu), ear pendants (kuru), neck pendants (hei), hei tiki, koropepe, Hei matau (pendant shaped like a fish), pekapeka (bat-shaped pendant), wakahuia, and huia. Mr Hemi Bennett's help in checking the information is acknowledged at the bottom of the attached fact sheet. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, on sheet with attached calendar, 575 x 338 mm, and black and white sheet of text overlaid, attached at top by metal bar and hanging loop. Provenance: Donated by Brian de Joux, Wellington, in 2011.

Date: ca 1890

By: Schaef, Arthur Waldemar, 1867-1940

Reference: PA4-0784

Description: Stereoscopic photograph of the Gateway of a Maori Pa, taken by A W Schaef of Wellington, ca. 1890 Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Gateway of a Maori Pa; Recto - right of image - New Zealand Graphic Series; Recto - left of image - A W Schaef - Wellington N.Z. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Albumen print

Date: 1957 - 1959

By: Post Office Savings Bank (N.Z.); C M Banks Ltd; Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964

Reference: Eph-D-MAORI-1958-01

Description: A single sheet calendar (with the calendar part removed) shows a montage of pictures by E Mervyn Taylor, of various scenes of Maori involved in cultivation of the kumara and the tools used: ko, wauwau, timo. Also discusses he site of the kumara plantation, planting time, care of the growing crop, harvesting, the kumara store, and the "kumara gods". These are explained more fully on the attached fact sheet, which also gives some biographical information about Mervyn Taylor. The biographical information about Mervyn Taylor suggests that the (now removed) calendar was dated around 1958. The help of Mr M Rotohiko Jones and Mr Hemi Bennett in checking the information is acknowledged at the bottom of the attached fact sheet. Two copies held. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Screen print, on sheet originally with attached calendar, cropped to 450 x 338 mm, and black and white sheet of text overlaid, attached at top by metal bar and loop

Date: 1954

From: New Zealand National Party: Political pamphlets, fliers, and election propaganda

By: New Zealand National Party

Reference: Eph-A-NZ-NATIONAL-1954-04

Description: Folded pamphlet reports the prosperity of the country with people eating more butter and drinking more milk, owning more cars and houses, owning more telephones; with more to spend and more to buy; more jobs and fewer strikes, more building materials and more home appliances. It suggests that the National Government has brought this about, and encourages voters to return the government at the 1954 general election. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Offset print on both sides of sheet 220 x 560 mm, folded to 220 x 93 mm.

Date: [1930-1980]

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

Reference: MS-Papers-6717-033

Description: `The Waitangi meeting house' (1948); `The Waitangi carved house' (1951); `Carving', the section on Maori art from the `New Zealand Encyclopedia' by McEwen and reprinted for course at Petone Technical Institute with introduction by Stan Hunt (1980); further dratrs re the Waitangi carved house; notes for speech on carving; draft, `Maori wood carving' (no 1) Quantity: 1 folder(s).