Polack, Joel Samuel, 1807-1882 :Cemetery or wai tapu in the River Hokianga. [London, Richard Bentley, 1838]

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Title

Polack, Joel Samuel, 1807-1882 :Cemetery or wai tapu in the River Hokianga. [London, Richard Bentley, 1838]

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

View above the Hokianga Harbour, probably about 1836, showing a fenced graveyard area with carved canoes upright in the ground as memorials, a horizontal carving of two people on a pole, two other carved figures and a man holding a taiaha. Several canoes on the harbour in the background, two with triangular sails. A clump of tree ferns to the left. European buildings can be seen in the distance to the left. Extended Title - From Polack, J. S

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Date created

1835

Creator

Polack, Joel Samuel, 1807-1882

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22856006

Locations

Hokianga Harbour

Related subjects

Dwellings / New Zealand / Northland Region / Tree ferns / Urupā / Waka / Weapons, Māori / Wood-carving, Māori / Hokianga Harbour

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