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A Maori family mourning for the dead in the New Plymouth Maori pah. Taranaki.

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Date

1855

Artist

William Strutt (1825-1915)

Collective Title

Strutt, William 1825-1915 :A collection of drawings in water colour ink and pencil illustrative of the scenery and early life of settlers and Maoris of New Zealand. 1855-1863. 2nd series.

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23117848

Description

The interior of a pa, with a whare and the palisades. Two people are seated, weeping, while a visiting man stands alongside and another person lies outside the whare. Two more visitors are standing nearby on the left, their heads bowed. One visitor is carrying a baby on her back. Two pigs are asleep on the ground in the right foreground and two kete, or food baskets lie on the ground in the left foreground

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand

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