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Maori (New Zealand people)

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  • New Zealand: a Maori meeting house. Albumen print.
  • Mr. C. French Anga's New Zealand and Australian exhibition ... : comprising upwards of 300 full-length portraits, from life, of the prinicipal New Zealand Chiefs, with their wives and children.
  • A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.
  • Rotorua, New Zealand: Maori children in a thermal bath. Albumen print.
  • Four decorative Maori figures within a red oval representing an advertisement for Whakapuakitanga, a support group for young gay or bisexual Māori men; advertisement by the NZ AIDS Foundation and Te Roopu Tautoko Trust. Colour lithograph by Paul Henckel [?], 1993.
  • New Zealand: Maori funeral rites. Albumen print.
  • New Zealand: nine individual photos of Maori people. Albumen print.
  • A purple condom against a yellow backdrop with a message that condoms work; advertisement by the North, Central and Southern Health, New Zealand and numerous other organizations. Colour lithograph.
  • Two Maori men, simulating armed attack with a hatchet and a spear(?). Photograph, 18--.
  • New Zealand: a Maori woman. Albumen print by Pulman Photo.
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Works

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    The story of New Zealand : past and present, savage and civilized / by Arthur S. Thomson.

    Thomson, Arthur S. (Arthur Saunders) | Date: 1859
    • Pictures

    New Zealand: a Maori man. Albumen print.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 533871i
  • view A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A Maori village (a hippah or pa) in New Zealand visited by Captain Cook during his third voyage, 1776-1780. Engraving by B.T. Pouncy, 1784, after J. Webber, ca. 1782.

    Webber, John, 1751-1793 | Date: [1784] | Reference: 566219i
  • view Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Henare Taratoa: a chief of the Ngai Te Rangi tribe, in the heroic act of getting water for the British wounded at the battle of Gate Pa, a Maori victory in the Waikato War, 28 April 1864. Watercolour by H.G. Robley, 1864.

    Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840- | Date: 28 April 1864 | Reference: 527803i
    • Books

    Te iwi Maori me te inu waipiro : he tuhituhinga hitori Maori & alcohol a history / Marten Hutt.

    Hutt, Marten | Date: 1999
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