Oceania (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Fonds
Maori girl in canoe, 1860 - 1920
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/52
Scope and Contents
An undated watercolour on card, 9'' x 12''. The picture appears to have been primarily intended to show the carving of the stern-piece of the canoe; the Maori girl paddling has only been sketched roughly.
Dates:
1860 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Australasia miscellanea
Sub-Fonds
Pictures from New Zealand, 1901 - 1920
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 278/51
Scope and Contents
Undated postcards, envelopes and photographs containing images from New Zealand. The pictures include the War Canoe Race, tattooed Maori, 'tiki', South African postmen, a pictorial Christmas message and Robley surrounded by dried heads. There is also a painting by Robley of the 'Hongi or old Nose Salute'. The images are accompanied by a letter from Robley to the Secretary, Royal Colonial Institute, June 1920, enclosing a postcard with an original painting of a tiki and offering various...
Dates:
1901 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Australasia miscellanea