Artist unknown :[New Zealand and Pacific peoples; vertical triptych]. G Heck dirt; Henry Winkles sculpt. IV. B. 5, Taf. 40 [page] 299. [ca 1849-1860]

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Artist unknown :[New Zealand and Pacific peoples; vertical triptych]. G Heck dirt; Henry Winkles sculpt. IV. B. 5, Taf. 40 [page] 299. [ca 1849-1860]

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TAPUHI

Description

Illustrations in three tiers, showing food preparation, cock fighting, a haka and a sword fight. The haka is a New Zealand scene, and shows some cloaked spectators at the right and a carved house behind, with a carved figure (more European than Pacific) at the front of the ridgepole. It is derived from L A de Sainson's lithograph 'Baie Houa-Houa' of a haka on board Dumont d'Urville's ship the Astrolabe in 1827 Numbers, referring to a key (not held) are shown beneath each scene in each row. ...

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Date created

1849 - 1860

Creator

Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800- / Winkles, Henry, 1801-1860 -

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22421617

Locations

Islands of the Pacific

Related subjects

Webber, John, 1751-1793 / Heck, Johann Georg, active 1840s / Dance / Pacific Region / Pacific Islanders / Social life and customs / Cockfighting / Māori dancers / Whare whakairo / Haka / Islands of the Pacific

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