Maori - Pre-European History

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Image: Pou tokomanawa (carved centre post)

Pou tokomanawa (carved centre post)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Artist unknown :Habillemens des insulaires de la Nouvelle Zelande. Pl[ate] 4. [1783].

Artist unknown :Habillemens des insulaires de la Nouvelle Zelande. Pl[ate] 4. [1783].

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Webber, John, ca 1750-1793 :The inside of a hippah in New Zealand. Rennoldson sculp. [London] Alexr. Hogg [1784?]

Webber, John, ca 1750-1793 :The inside of a hippah in New Zealand. Rennoldson sculp. [London] Alexr. Hogg [1784?]

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: [Record, John] fl 1770s :[Specimens of New Zealand workmanship, 1772. A chest of New Zealand as a specimen of the carving of that country, 1769. After John Record, Richard Ralph and Benjamin J F Miller. Plate] 70 [Etched by] Castelli [Milan? G. Ferrario, 1827?]

[Record, John] fl 1770s :[Specimens of New Zealand workmanship, 1772. A chest of New Zealand as a specimen of the carving of that country, 1769. Af...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Tauihu (canoe prow)

Tauihu (canoe prow)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Patu muka (flax fibre pounder)

Patu muka (flax fibre pounder)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Uhi ta moko (tattooing instruments)

Uhi ta moko (tattooing instruments)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Wahaika (striking weapon)

Wahaika (striking weapon)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Mako(shark tooth ear pendant)

Mako(shark tooth ear pendant)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Taurapa (canoe sternpost)

Taurapa (canoe sternpost)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Paepae pataka (threshold for storehouse)

Paepae pataka (threshold for storehouse)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Waka kereru (pigeon trough, snare)

Waka kereru (pigeon trough, snare)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Kākā pōria (bird leg ring)

Kākā pōria (bird leg ring)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Matau (fish hook)

Matau (fish hook)

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa

Image: Hodges, William 1744-1797 :Family in Dusky Bay, New Zeland, drawn from nature by W Hodges ; engrav'd by Lerperniere - London ; Strahan 1777

Hodges, William 1744-1797 :Family in Dusky Bay, New Zeland, drawn from nature by W Hodges ; engrav'd by Lerperniere - London ; Strahan 1777

Alexander Turnbull Library