Scenes from Tahiti and New Zealand on the voyage of the HMB Endeavour, 1768–1771
Images from Sydney Parkinson's A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour, published c. 1773.
By Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Women and men in Te Mau Motu Tōtaiete (the Society Islands) wore their hair like this.
The women are wearing a hei upo‘o (headdress) and fāupo‘o (visor).
A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour Plate XIII: Hoe (paddles), matau (fish hooks), i‘e (tapa beater), tūru‘a (headrest) and other objects collected from the Society Islands on the Endeavour expedition.Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
Objects collected from the Society Islands on the Endeavour expedition incl. 2. hoe (paddle), matau (fish hooks), 5. i‘e (tapa beater), 7. tūru‘a (headrest), 8. vivo (noseflute), 26. tipua (ear drop)
Tīpairua (double-hull canoes) stored in boathouses.
An ‘arioi (high priest) performing at a heiva (celebration) and wearing a fau (headdress).
Taiata, Tupaia’s apprentice, wearing a tīputa (poncho) and playing his vivo (nose flute).
Plate IX
A view of Taranaki made during the Endeavour’s circumnavigation of Aotearoa.
Māori men wearing their hair in topknots adorned with heru (combs) and feathers, kuru (earrings) in their ears and rei puta (whalebone pendants) around their necks.
A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour Plate XXVI: Sketches of te taonga a Tūmatauenga (weapons), te waka (sailing equipment), taonga whakarākei (jewellery), and taonga pūoro (musical instruments) from Aotearoa, and other objects from Tierra del Fuego and Australia.Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
A journal of a voyage to the South Seas, in his Majesty's ship, the Endeavour Plate XVIII: A waka taua (war canoe) with finely carved taurapa (sternpost) and tauihu (prow).Auckland War Memorial Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira
A waka taua (war canoe) with finely carved taurapa (sternpost) and tauihu (prow).
Te Koukou, a Ngare Raumati rangatira, based in the Bay of Islands, wearing a kaitaka (cloak with a tāniko border) and kuru (earring).
A man dressed in a kaitaka (cloak with a tāniko border) and a woman dressed in a para kiekie (rain cape).
Warriors widening the eyes with pūkana and sticking out the tongue in whētero.
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