Original Watercolour
There are six original watercolours within this frame. Captions are as follows:

1. 'Papa.'
   
   
2. no data
   
   
3. no data
   
   
4. 'Cook's Strts'
   
   
5. 'Papa.'
   
   
6. no data
   
   
7. no data
   
   

Signed by Angas

Notes:

1. A papa (carved box) receives the tail feathers of the huia (Neomorpha Gouldii, bird). The feathers are worn by chiefs in ceremonies.
   
   
2. Head of a 12 foot long carved wooden spear from the Ngati Awa iwi (tribe)
   
   
3. A carving of Rangihaeata that was carved by himself. The carving forms the lower portion of the central pillar that supports the roof of his house called Kai Tangata (eat man) on Mana Island.
   
   
4. A man sailing in a waka (canoe) in Port Nicholson (wellington)
   
   
5. Another example of a papa. The box and it's contents are usually tapu (sacred) so only the owner can touch it.
   
   
6. A carved stand for supporting tapu items consecrated to the dead. The stand was found amongst the ruins at Lake Taupo.
   
   
7. A carved taurapa (stern post) from a waka taua (war canoe) from the Thames river.
   
   

Signed by Angas

Lithograph
The original has been used in Angas's The New Zealanders.

Lithograph caption: 'Ornamental carvings in wood.'
Plate title: 'Ornamental carvings in wood.'
Plate: XLVI
Notes: The watercolours have been renumbered: I becomes III, II becomes V, III becomes I, IV becomes VII, V becomes IV, VI remains the same and VII becomes II.
Lithographer: GF Angas

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Awa, Ngati Toa, Ngati Tuwharetoa
Location: River Thames, Taupo, Island of Mana, Port Nicholson (Wellington)

Former Accession Number 1616