[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Native built church (wharay karakia) at Te Whatawat on the Waipa River New Zealand. [1843]
Title:
[Ashworth, Edward] 1814-1896 :Native built church (wharay karakia) at Te Whatawat on the Waipa River New Zealand. [1843]
Subject:
"The world was all before me"; journals and watercolours of Edward Ashworth from the collections of the Alexander Turnbull Library. National Library Gallery, 27 April - 29 July 2001.; Maori churches; Maori - Architecture; Anglican church buildings - New Zealand - Waikato Region; Tukutuku; Maori - Religion; Maori - Social life and customs; Interior architecture
Abstract:
The interior of a Maori church, with tukutuku panels between the upright beams in the walls and two central beams supporting the ridge-pole. Ten Maori are seated inside. Along the top, the artist has written the Maori for various building terms: roof tuanui, beam kanae, rafters keke, door tatau, lath ehako, posts wapu. He also adds 'The beams, posts, rafters etc are not squared but very neatly adzed'.
Geographic Location:
Whatawhata
Personal name(s):
Ashworth, Edward, 1814-1896
Addition Description:
Notes on architecture in the upper and lower margins (including the Maori names for various parts of the building) and the text of the Lord's Prayer in Maori on the back
