[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1816-1854 :A feast at Mata-ta, on the East Coast, Mt Edgecumbe in the distance. II. Throwing the spear, the mode of salutation, a party of visitors arriving / George French Angas [delt]; J. W. Giles [lith]. Plate 36. 1847.

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[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1816-1854 :A feast at Mata-ta, on the East Coast, Mt Edgecumbe in the distance. II. Throwing the spear, the mode of salutation, a party of visitors arriving / George French Angas [delt]; J. W. Giles [lith]. Plate 36. 1847.

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Top image shows large groups of Maori seated on the ground around a drying scaffold hung with food (possibly dried shark and pigs). The bottom image shows a circle of Maori watching a salutation ceremony where one warrior is about to throw a spear. There is a high patuka or storehouse in the centre, for the storage of seeds, and the edge of the pa is marked by a row of high fencing posts at the right. Angas visited New Zealand in 1844; however he did not visit Matata. This is a copy of a dra...

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Date created

1844 - 1847

Creator

Giles, John West, 1801-1870 / Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854

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http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22820179

Locations

Mount Edgecumbe / Matatā / Edgecumbe, Mount / Matata

Related subjects

Hākari / Māori (New Zealand people) / Social life and customs / Food / Drying / Hui / Pātaka / Pā / Mount Edgecumbe / Matatā

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