[Sainson, Louis Auguste de], b. 1800 :Defrichement d'un champ de patates. Boilly sc. Paris, 1839.

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Title

[Sainson, Louis Auguste de], b. 1800 :Defrichement d'un champ de patates. Boilly sc. Paris, 1839.

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

A group of a dozen Maori women digging up land for a kumara plantation. In the background is a low whare with a rounded roof and two futher Maori talk to French sailors. In the left foreground is a storage platform holding kete, possibly filled with kumara. Sainson was in New Zealand with Dumont d'Urville in 1827. He would have observed a scene like this in the Far North District, probably in the Bay of Islands. The French word 'patate' normally refers to the sweet potato or kumara in New Z...

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Image

Date created

1839 - 1827

Creator

Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800- / Boilly, Alphonse, 1801-1867

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22786767

Locations

Bay of Islands

Related subjects

Māori (New Zealand people) / Agriculture / Kumara (Plant) / Women, Māori / Food / Kete kohi kai / Papakāinga / French / New Zealand / Implements / Bay of Islands

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