Plaque

P3108.2

From: New Zealand

Curatorial Section: Oceanian

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Object Number P3108.2
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Maori
Provenience New Zealand
Section Oceanian
Materials Metal
Description

Brass plaque associated with P3108, which reads, "Presented to F.W. Trolove, Esq., J.P., as a souvenir of the classic shores of Queen Charlotte Sound, by Captain Courtenay Kenny, J.P., M.H.R. This figure head of a maori canoe is believed to have been the last relic possessed by Ngatiawa (Tribal Nation) of the invasion and conquest of Queen Charlotte Sound, by their ancestors, under Rauperaha (Te Rauparaha the notorious war chief)."

Length 15.5 cm
Width 30.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the J. C. Stevens Auction Rooms, 1912
Other Number 43a - Dealer's Number

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