Maori Collection (page 2)

Totemistic Ritual Among the Australian Blacks, c1935. From Our Wonderful World, Volume II, edited by J.A. Hammerton. [The Amalgamated Press, Ltd. London]

Maori family, New Zealand, c1880s

Maori in Native Costume, 1924. From The British Empire in Pictures, by H. Clive Barnard, M.A. B.Litt. [A. & C. Black, Limited, London, 1924]

Tattooing a Maori Chief, c1880. Episode of the First Taranaki War (1860-1861). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant

New Zealand War-Dance, c1880. Episode of the First Taranaki War (1860-1861). From British Battles on Land and Sea, Vol. III, by James Grant. [Cassell Petter & Galpin, London, Paris & New York, c1880]

The Waikite Geyser, 19th century. From The Colonial Portfolio. [The Werner Company, London]

Maori pa, or fortified village, on the Whanganui River, North Island, New Zealand, 1902. Artist: Muir & Moodie
Maori pa, or fortified village, on the Whanganui River, North Island, New Zealand, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Maori chief with elaborately tattooed face and weather cloak, 1902. Artist: Josiah Martin
A Maori chief with elaborately tattooed face and weather cloak, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Maori youth carrying the flat greenstone (nephrite) club known as a mere, 1902. Artist: Iles
A Maori youth carrying the flat greenstone (nephrite) club known as a mere, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Maoris bathing in a hot pool, 1902. Artist: Muir & Moodie
Maoris bathing in a hot pool, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

Hongi, traditional Maori greeting, New Zealand, 1902. Artist: Muir & Moodie
Hongi, traditional Maori greeting, New Zealand, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Maori girl with matting dress, 1902. From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

A Maori lady in full dress, 1902. Artist: Josiah Martin
A Maori lady in full dress, 1902.From The Living Races of Mankind, Vol. I. [Hutchinson & Co, London, 1902]

The Maoris Home, 1912. Artist: Charles Robinson
The Maoris Home, 1912. A wharenui is a communal house of the Maori people of New Zealand. From More About The Empire by Alice Talwin Morris. [Blackie and Son Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1912]

Greeting Maori Guides, 1927 (1937). The Duke and Duchess of York greeting Maori guides in Rotorua, New Zealand during their tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1927

Shouting Their War-Cry, The British Charged The Breach, c1908, (c1920). Artist: Joseph Ratcliffe Skelton
Shouting Their War-Cry, The British Charged The Breach, c1908, (c1920). Hone Wiremu Heke Pokai (c1808-1850), Maori Rangatira (chief) and war leader in Northern New Zealand

Cook Told The Maoris That He Had Come To Set A Mark Upon Their Islands, c1908, (c1920). James Cook (1728-1779) British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy

Tatooing a Maori chief, late 19th century(?)

Tattooing a Maori Chief, New Zealand, c1875

Cartoon depicting Boer leader Paul Kruger as a Maori, 1900. Kruger was President of the South African Republic (Transvaal)

Taking a Maori redoubt, Maori Wars, 1845-1873 (1879). Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
Taking a Maori redoubt, Maori Wars, 1845-1873 (1879). The Maori Wars were a series of conflicts fought over land between the indigenous Maori population of New Zealand

Maoris and carpet snake, New Zealand, 1879. Artist: McFarlane and Erskine
Maoris and carpet snake, New Zealand, 1879. A print from The History of Australasia, by David Blair, McGrady, Thomson, and Niven, 1879

Hongi Maori salutations, 1908-1909. Artist: JL Martin
Hongi Maori salutations, 1908-1909. A Hongi is a traditional greeting in New Zealand. It is done by pressing ones nose to another person at an encounter

The Hei-Tiki, 1923. Maori pendant. One of a series of WD & HO Wills Cigarette Cards called Lucky Charms, (Bristol and London, 1923)

View in New Zealand, 1900. Maoris at New Plymouth, with Mount Egmont in the distance. Illustration from The life and times of Queen Victoria by Robert Wilson, (1900)

Tattooing, 1800-1900. Engraving to illustrate different tattooing styles from around the World. Negress, New Zealand Chieftain, New Zealand King, Caroline Islander, Hand and Foot of Dayak of Borneo

Australian Inhabitants, 1800-1850. Artist: G Mutzel
Australian Inhabitants, 1800-1850. Far from being one homogenous race, at the time of European settlement in the 18th century, the estimated 750

Maori Woodcarving representing panel detail of Ancestor. Panel from meeting-house. The Maori are the indigenous Polynesian people of New Zealand, they originated with settlers from eastern Polynesia

Protective Maori amulet, 19th century
A protective jade Tiki pendant, worn as an amulet at the throat of a Maori chief, now at the Horniman Museum in London, 19th century

Protective Maori Tiki amulet, 19th century
Protective Tiki amulet of jade, worn at the neck by a Maori chief. Now in the Horniman Museum in London, 19th century

Maori communal hut, New Zealand, 1899

Maori canoe prow, New Zealand

Maori flute (koauau), New Zealand

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