IDNO

P.99149.MUS

Description

Documentary photograph of a detail of a Wakataua taurapa (stern post of a war canoe), now in the care of the MAA, reference E 1905.192: "Stern post of a war canoe, of tall oblong type, beautifully carved in openwork spirals."
"Old label affixed to card 2 notes ‘Country: New Zealand. Ihu or prow of canoe. Carved in the Green state by native stone implements, shells & Glass. Time occupied in making being of no importance. Lent by Henry ?Hake.’" [Description from record E 1905.192, JD 30/09/2021]

Place

Oceania Polynesia; New Zealand; United Kingdom; England; Cambridge; Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology [Aotearoa]

Cultural Affliation

Maori

Named Person

Photographer

Museum Photographer

Collector / Expedition

?Hake, Henry [Object lendor]; Wernher, Julius [monetary donor for Object]

Date

1941

Collection Name

Museum Objects and Galleries

Source

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.99122 to P.99152 were formerly kept in paper archive envelope OA1/2/6; Box 79. The prints have now been transferred to the photo archive.

This print has been catalogued with the support of the Getty Grant Fund.