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A monument to the memory of Rawiti at Tarawera.

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Date

22 Nov. 1845

Artist

Richard Taylor (1805-1873)

Collective Title

Taylor, Richard, 1805-1873 :Sketchbook. 1835-1860

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23040983

Description

Sketch showing a small human figure constructed on a mound, wearing a hat, smoking a pipe, with moko and rudimentary clothing. The figure is holding a musket, propped up by a forked stick at one end, with a rectangular object on the ground in front.

A note in the journal of Eliza Stack, nee Jones, dated 1858, in Manuscripts and Archives (MS-2024), describes this figure as a monument to a woman. However Rawiti is usually a transliteration of the English name David.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Lake Tarawera, New Zealand

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Monuments

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People & Society

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