Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1819-1863 :The stage erected to contain the food at the feast given by the native chiefs, Bay of Islands, September 1849

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Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1819-1863 :The stage erected to contain the food at the feast given by the native chiefs, Bay of Islands, September 1849

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TAPUHI

Description

An enormous open hakari, or wooden construction, with flags flying from poles on the top and people climbing up its sides, seated beneath it, and moving around its base. A long low whare is in the foreground, with another at right angles to it, and piles of food are on the ground with the whole enclosed by a low fence. This watercolour was originally in the Bridge/Williams album (E-320-f). See also: B-030-006, E-144-002 and a watercolour in the Rex Nan Kivell Collection, National Library of ...

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Date created

1849

Creator

Clarke, Cuthbert Charles, 1818-1863 / Williams, John, -1905? / Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23015432

Locations

Russell

Related subjects

Grey, George (Sir), 1812-1898 / Fasts and feasts / Flags / New Zealand / Northland Region / Hākari / Māori (New Zealand people) / Dwellings / Food / Phormium tenax / Whānau / Russell

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