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The New Zealanders, 1847
Author: George French Angas (British, 1822–1886)
London: T. McLean, 1847
Illustrated book; H: 22 1/8 in. ( 56 cm)
Purchased with income from the Jacob S. Rogers Fund (916.3 An4 F)
George French Angas combined his artistic background with an anthropologist's skills of observation in sensitively recording traditional Maori life during the mid-nineteenth century. The album features expressive portraits of Maori leaders and valuable representations of daily life and material culture.



Illustrated: plate 30, "Whatas or Patukas" (Storehouse for Food)

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