Making New Zealand vol 01 no 02: The Maori
Comapre Heaphy's version of storehouse with this one from Angas, described as a 'Storehouse for food, belonging to the chief Te Heuheu, at Taupo.' As before, carvings decorate this house. Two empty gourds used for storing birds are seen to the right, and at the left a Maori woman is beating fern root
Comapre Heaphy's version of storehouse with this one from Angas, described as a 'Storehouse for food, belonging to the chief Te Heuheu, at Taupo.' As before, carvings decorate this house. Two empty gourds used for storing birds are seen to the right, and at the left a Maori woman is beating fern root.