Description
This is a watercolour painting created by Captain Richard Aldworth Oliver (1811-89) in 1849. It depicts a large häkari (feast) held in the northern part of the North Island to celebrate reconciliation after fighting. In the middle of the painting there is a large wooden structure called a potehe (stage). The painting measures 37.0 cm x 52.0 cm.
Acknowledgements
| Copyright | Reproduced courtesy of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa |
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| Creator | Richard Aldworth Oliver, artist, 1849 |
| Identifiers | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa number 1995-0003-1
TLF resource R2464 |
| Source | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, http://www.tepapa.govt.nz |
