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CANOE HEADS, PADDLES, &c.
1. CARVED image of Rauparaha, in one of his war canoes, at Kapiti, or Entry Island. The figure is cut out of hard wood, and coloured red with Kokowai: the eyes are inlaid with pawa, the pearly portion of the haliotis shell.
2. Richly decorated head of a war canoe belonging to Rauparaha. Some of the war canoes are from sixty to eighty feet in length, and when in use, are gaily ornamented with bunches of kaka and albatross feathers.
3. Carved head of a canoe at Kaiwarawara, likewise coloured with red ochre.
4 and 5. Ornamented paddles, belonging to Te Heuheu, the principal chief of Taupo Lake. These paddles exhibit designs similar to those upon the decorated houses and other works of Maori art still extant.
6. Handle of a canoe paddle, from Taupo Lake.
7. A canoe under sail, Cook's Straits.
Text for plate 42: The New Zealanders illustrated / by George French Angas. -- London: Thomas M'Lean, 1847 (RB001054)