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C1890
Taupo Pa, Cook Strait, Naatitoa Village.
Scarce engraving of Taupo Pa in the 1840’s based on the lithograph by George French Angas. The view depicts Taupo pa (present day Plimmerton). Shows on the rise in the right foreground a wahi tapu, or sacred place serving as … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Taupo Pa, Cook Strait, Naatitoa Village.
Date:
C1890
Artist:
Unknown
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured engraving.
Image Size:
201mm
x 150mm
Paper Size:
227mm
x 177mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1890
Description:
Scarce engraving of Taupo Pa in the 1840’s based on the lithograph by George French Angas.
The view depicts Taupo pa (present day Plimmerton). Shows on the rise in the right foreground a wahi tapu, or sacred place serving as a receptacle for goods and property that have become subject to the law of tapu for a certain length of time. The wahi tapu is constructed of sticks and contains household utensils, skins, calabashes and dried fish, and a garment suspended beneath flutters in the wind. In the right distance behind the wahi tapu is the bay “about a mile from Porirua”. Several canoes are drawn up on the beach, and there are four palisaded enclosures containing whare on the shore. In the centre foreground is a flax bush.
Collections:
National Library New Zealand: ALMA 993950933502836
State Library New South Wales: Call Numbers Q997/12A2
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 1787884
University of Queensland: b27926874
