Kapu toki

Date: [1880s-1900s?]

From: Webster, Kenneth Athol, 1906-1967 : The Webster Collection

By: Iles, James, active 1878; Martin, Josiah, 1843-1916; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA1-o-518

Description: Includes photographs of Maori artefacts in museum context. Possibly created by James Edge-Partington, an anthropologist who studied artefacts in New Zealand and the Pacific. This volume is in the same style of album, with similar photographs and articles as Webster album 4 (PA1-o-519) which has Edge-Partington's named bookplate inside the front cover. Studies of a variety of artefacts including an instrument giving a decoy call for kiwi; a sea leopard's tooth carved and worn as a pendant (from Stewart Island); whale teeth pendants; weapons; tools; carved waka, prows of waka; carved meeting houses; Te Kooti's house "Te Waho"; carved storehouses; a Maori kite; eel traps and fish hooks. The artefacts are from various collections in New Zealand and overseas, including the Chapman Collection, the Hamilton Collection, the Hocken Collection and General Robley's Collection. Cuttings from articles written by James Edge-Partington from anthropological journals are inserted in the album Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Abum with dark grey cover; 26 x 21 cm

Date: 1882

From: Hunter, Norman Mitchell b 1859 :[Sketches of New Zealand. 1882-1883]

Reference: E-328-f-090

Description: A selection of Maori weapons and ornaments at the National Museum. Identifies the tewatewa [tewhatewha] (Battle Axe), hei-tiki (greenstone ornament worn around neck) and a hand weapon of wood used by Maori Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil 268 x 187 mm

Date: 1977

From: Various cartoonists :Cartoons from the New Zealand News, 1970s

Reference: A-297-303

Description: A Maori man and another man attacking a tall forest tree with primitive axes. Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper

Date: 1880s

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

Reference: PA1-o-2072-46

Description: Photograph taken by Pulman photographic studio in the 1880s, photographer's negative inscription reads: "MAORI CURIOS". Annotations in red ink have also been added to the album page surrounding the photograph. The image shows of a group of taputapu, Māori utensils and equipment, possibly on display at the Auckland Museum. Includes kō (digging tools), patiti (short handled metal axe), Kakauroa (long handled axe), a woven bag with wooden handles, possibly a kete or kupenga, a wooden kotiate (lobed flat bladed club), and a small carved figure. Sources: Roger Neich, Auckland Museum. Inscriptions: Album page - top centre - No 28; Album page - Patiti; Marau or karau; ko; ko; ko; Recto - bottom left - 441; Pulman Photo; Recto - bottom centre - MAORI CURIOS Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Processing information: Description updated September 2023. Previous reference PAColl-6056-04-27. Previous title: Photograph of a group of Maori artifacts.

Date: 18 May 1972

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

Reference: EP/1972/2462-F

Description: The bone club (kotiate) carried by Te Kooti, and the tomahawk (patiti) carried by his lieutenant Peka Makarini. Photographed by an Evening Post staff photographer on the 18th of May 1972. These two weapons were part of an exhibition at the Dominion Museum, Wellington, relating to Te Kooti. They were among items which had been consectrated on the evening of the 17th of May 1972 by some of Te Kooti's Ringatu followers. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 1856

Reference: A-356-022

Description: A plate from Owen Jones' "Grammar of ornament", originally published in 1856, shows a page of ornately carved spear heads and paddles, an axe handle and a patu. Owen Jones' "Grammar of ornament" was originally published in 1856, but has been reprinted several times. It is not certain which edition this page is from. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Chromolithograph, 330 x 233 mm.

Date: 1827 - 1832 - 1828

From: Earle, Augustus, 1793-1838 :A narrative of a nine months residence in New Zealand in 1827. London, Longman, 1832.

Reference: PUBL-0022-160

Description: Shows a warrior with raised arms, speaking to his group of followers who are seated on the ground around him. He holds an axe in his raised right hand. Many of the group are carrying rifles. Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, on page 220 x 280 mm (folded to fit into volume).

Date: 1847

From: Balneavis, Henry Colin, 1818-1876 :[Album, 1830s-1914]

By: Gilfillan, John Alexander, 1793-1863

Reference: E-952-f-027

Description: A woman on the left leading a haka, a mere in her hand. Behind her are 6 men engaged in a haka, four with rifles, one with a tewhatewha (a long-hanled bladed club) and one at the rear with a long-handled axe Very similar to a drawing by Gilfillan in the Hocken Collections "War Dance", accession 6,444 2:42. The Maori words 'E puha, e nariana' appear to refer to Puha, a chant accompanying a dance and possibly 'Ngaringari' a song to make people pull together. Other Titles - Ngaringari Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - signature J A Gilfillan and date 1847. The Maori inscription appears to be in a different hand Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on wove paper glued to album page, image 163 x 303 mm