Description (Physical description)
Modern work.
Event Date
Author: rachel hand

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Description (CMS Description)
Carved male figure from the great meeting house at Rahana or Koriniti.
Event Date
Author: maa

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Context (Related Documents)
Card 1 for E 1901.85 (1,2) (Z 6342) notes in black ink : 'New Zealand Ranana/ Pair of Images/ *Charles J.P. Cave, M.A./ R. 1901.1370, 1371.
[Added later in black ink 'Modern work.' and signed 'H.D.S.' [Henry D. Skinner]. [Added later in blue ballpoint pen] 'From the great meeting house Koriniti./ Steven's Sale 1901 £4-0-0'. [Added later in blue ball point pen] 'See Z 6342 + Z 6343'.
A black and white photocopy of a photograph has been attached to the rear of the card
Card 2 for Z 6342 (E 1901.85 B) notes in black typeface: 'Carved male figure from the great meeting house at Rahana [sic].'
[Added on the reverse in black ball pint pen] 'D.R. Simmons 1.6.78/ Top of cern- large upright/ tools- steel Loc. Rohan Wanganui.'


Event Date 1901
Author: Rachel Hand

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

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Context (References)
Part of a collection of Maori taonga 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: rachel hand

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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 1901
Author: rachel hand

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Description (Physical description)
According to D. R. Simmons of the Auckland Museum (1 6 1978), it was made with steel tools and comes from Ranana, Wanganui
Event Date 1/6/1978
Author: rachel hand

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Context (Amendments / updates)
Card 1 for E 1901.85 (1,2) (Z 6342) notes in black ink:
[Added later in black ink 'Modern work.' and signed 'H.D.S.' [Henry D. Skinner].
[Added later in blue ballpoint pen] 'From the great meeting house Koriniti./
Event Date 1/6/1978
Author: rachel hand

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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

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Description (Physical description)
Insets of haliotis shell
Event Date 24/7/2001
Author: rachel hand

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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

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Context (Amendments / updates)
Z 6343 & Z 6342: Pou Maihi from Huriwhenua, Rānana
Pou were removed from storage, sited and photographed. Upon examining pou and comparing Burton photo taken c1880, group confirmed that pou were originals including missing paua eye from Z634 in Burton photo [Note 14]
Left pou in Burton photo of Huriwhenua is Z 6343 holding patu
Right pou in Burton photo of Huriwhenua is Z 6342 with hands together
Key Whanganui carving features are as follows:
– Bent knees
– Flat mouth with shallow relief
– Face is asymmetrical, typical of Whanganui not to have a set balance to its carvings [Note 15]
Best example of this style of maihi is Te Waiherehere Wharepuni (see Z6340) currently owned and displayed at the Whanganui Regional Museum, Whanganui, NZ

Note 14- Wednesday 19 April 2006, CUMAA. Present: G Albert, A Henare, R Raymond, W Veys, C Wilson.
Note 15- Tahupārae, JR – 14/05/06.

Quoted from Albert and Wilson, June 2006:23
Event Date 6/2006
Author: rachel hand

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Conservation (Remedial)
79.80 | Remedial
Event Date 28/5/2019
Author: Kirstie Williams

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Description (Physical description)
Pou Maihi. Carved male figure holding a patu (club) from the Huriwhenua (meeting house) Whare Rūnanga of Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp).
Event Date 26/10/2022
Author: rachel hand

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Context (Amendments / updates)
The description by Gerrard and Wilson of the pou's hands are reversed according the current photographs.
Left pou in Burton photo of Huriwhenua is Z 6342 [not Z 6343] holding a patu
Right pou in Burton photo of Huriwhenua is Z 6342 [not Z 6242] with hands together
Event Date 26/10/2022
Author: maa

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Conservation (Remedial)
CON.2024.5947 | Remedial
Event Date 20/5/2024
Author: Stephanie De Roemer

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Context (Related Documents)
See N.83946.MUS, “Neha at Koroniti (Corinth) Wanganui river”, a portrait of Neha by the Burton Brothers stood in front of a wharenui, possibly Huriwhenua, the Whare Rūnanga of Keepa Te Rangihiwinui (Major Kemp).
Event Date 21/5/2024
Author: rachel hand