Context (Field collection)
Collected by William Edward Goffe, Government Land Purchaser Wanganui.
Event Date 1901
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Card 1 for E 1901.84 [Z 6340] 'Carved human figure'.
[Added later in blue ballpoint pen], 'Carved door post'
Card 2 for Z 6340 notes in typescript, 'Door post of the meeting house at Koriniti, Whanganui River'. '
Event Date 1901
Author: maa

Context (References)
Part of a collection of Maori items sold on Thursday 4th July 1901 at J.C. Stevens' Auction Rooms, 38 King Street, Covent Garden. The catalogue of this sale is held in the Museum's Archives.
Under the heading 'Maori Curios', it gives the following extract from the Wanganui Herald of Feb. 20th 1901: 'A very valuable collection of historic Maori curios, one of the finest held by any private individual in the colony, has just been disposed of in Wanganui. We understand that the collection is to be exhibited throughout Australia and the Old Country. It is regrettable that such interesting relics of the Maori race, which in a few years will be almost as scarce as the Moa, are allowed to leave the colony. The price paid has not been divulged, but it runs into hundreds of pounds.' p.7. After this quotation, the catalogue notes: '(The above paragraph refers to this Collection.)'
It goes on: '(COPY OF DECLARATION) "I, William Edward Goffe, Government Land Purchaser Wanganui, do solemnly swear that the following curios are as represented in every detail. Sworn at Wanganui, New Zealand, before F.M. Spurdle, J.P., 19 Feb., 1901." - Extract from the WANGANUI HERALD of Wednesday February 20th, 1901'.
Event Date 1901
Author: maa

Context (Related Documents)
Card 1 notes 'D* Charles J.P. Cave, M.A. / R. 1901.1396'. This indicates that the Cave donated money to the accessions fund to aid the item's purchase from the Steven's Sale.
A note in black ink added later by H.D. Skinner reads 'From Koriniti (Corinth), Whanganui River.'

Card 2 notes in typescript 'Steven's Sale/ d. Charles J. P. Cave'
[A note on the rear added later] notes in blue ball point pen, that according to D. R. Simmons of the Auckland Museum (1 6 1978), that it was made with steel tools, the provenance being Ngati Hau tribe, Wanganui River.
Event Date 1901
Author: Rachel Hand

Context (Acquisition Details)
Purchased at J.C. Stevens' Auction Rooms, 38 King Street, Covent Garden, 4th July 1901 by Baron Antaole von Hügel with money donated to the Museums Accession fund by Charles Cave (J.P.)
Event Date 7/1901
Author: rachel hand

Description (Physical description)
Card notes [Added later in black by H.D. Skinner] 'Slab from interior of a house'.

Event Date 1978
Author: rachel hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
Card 2: [A note on the rear added later] notes in blue ball point pen, that according to D. R. Simmons of the Auckland Museum (1.6.1978), that it was made with steel tools, from Ngati Hau iwi, Wanganui River.
Event Date 1/6/1978
Author: rachel hand

Context (References)
Dated to 1845 by Simon, Morvin (1991), Taku Whare e, 2nd Edition (Hanton & Anderson), Wanganui, p.35.
Event Date 1991
Author: rachel hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
David Simmons' views on the provenance and dating of Maori artefacts are no longer considered reliable in New Zealand.
Event Date 15/1/2001
Author: rachel hand

Context (Amendments / updates)
This pou is attributed to being the ‘carved door post’ (whakawae) from Te Waiherehere, however after analysing photo’s we confirm that this carving is not the whakawae
Whakawae within the Whanganui area also generally consist of three figures above each other and are generally half the wide of this pou
This pou is in the typical Whanganui style with short longs and bent knees and is possibly a pou from the mahau or interior of Te Waiherehere
Rape design on thighs is also typical of Whanganui style
Ngāti Pāmoana is the main tribal grouping of the Koriniti Area
Quoted from Albert and Wilson, June 2006:20
Event Date 6/2006
Author: rachel hand

Context (References)
Gerrard Albert and Che Wilson (June 2006) Whanganui Taonga Iwi Report. University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology (CUMAA) Field Work: March-May 2006.
Event Date 6/2006
Author: rachel hand

Loan (Long Term Gallery Loan)
Museu de Cultures del Món, Barcelona, 13/01/2014 to 31/01/2018, Polynesia gallery, Museu de Cultures del Món
Event Date 13/1/2014
Author: Rachel Hand