Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: MA125478Accession Date: 28 Nov 2017

Description: North-east corner on the ground floor of the Main Hall in the Princes Street building. Statues from left are: Discobolus, Demosthenes, Dancing Faun (in corner), Apollino and Laocoon. The Dying Gladiator is obscured by Laocoon.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: North-east corner on the ground floor of the Main Hall in the Princes Street building. Statues from left are: Discobolus, Demosthenes, Dancing Faun (in corner), Apollino and…

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: 1985.6Accession Date: 15 Feb 2018

Description: Shipboard diary kept by William Court Sweetland from 23 August 1881 to 17 February 1882, during his voyage from London, England, to Auckland, via Tauranga, New Zealand, on the ship 'May Queen'. Diary contains a daily account of life aboard the 'May Queen', including distances sailed each day. The following passengers are mentioned: William Carlton, of Durham (p. 14); Mr [William] Bamford (pp. 16, 28 and 30); Mr [Arscott] Marsh, of Morebath, Devonshire (pp. 19 and 32); Miss [Martha] Timms (p. 28); Captain MacMillan (p. 28); Mr [Arthur] Ford (p. 31); Mr [Alfred] Press (p. 30); Mr David Harman, of Rochdale (p. 31); Mr [Robert] Whyte, of Nottingham (pp. 32, 43, 51 and 63); Mr [George Russell] Fellows, of Darlington, Durham (p. 38); Mr [Frederick] Symes (pp. 51 and 63); Joseph Cowan (p. 42); Mr [George Clayton] Deverell, farmer, of Oxfordshire (p. 53). After his arrival in Auckland, per the steamer 'Wellington', Sweetland mentions the following individuals: Tom Bailey, of Whangarei (p. 81); Richard Battersby (p. 81) and his brother George (p. 85), both of Auckland; Heywood family, of Ponsonby, Auckland (p. 84). The diary was later sent to William Sweetland's sister, Miss Sarah Ann Sweetland, of Pembroke Dock, South Wales, in late February, 1882, with the intention of its being passed around the family and eventually on to Sweetland's parents, James and Mary Sweetland, of Lowton, Somersetshire, England. (holograph; paged 1-89; 46 leaves used) [FRAGILE]

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Shipboard diary kept by William Court Sweetland from 23 August 1881 to 17 February 1882, during his voyage from London, England, to Auckland, via Tauranga, New Zealand, on the…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Black and white portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary wearing windbreaker. The portrait was taken by Karsh in Chicago in January 1960.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Black and white portrait of Sir Edmund Hillary wearing windbreaker. The portrait was taken by Karsh in Chicago in January 1960.

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: MA124293Accession Date: 28 Nov 2017

Description: plaster sculpture, copy of Discobolus of Myron. A cast plaster sculpture of the discus thrower 'Discobolos' Taken from the bronze of the 5th century Greek sculptor Myron. The plinth is made of wood and rectangular in shaped, painted grey.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1878Description: plaster sculpture, copy of Discobolus of Myron. A cast plaster sculpture of the discus thrower 'Discobolos' Taken from the bronze of the 5th century Greek sculptor Myron. The…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Portrait of Dr. Ferdinand Hochstetter seated, holding a hammer.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Portrait of Dr. Ferdinand Hochstetter seated, holding a hammer.

Description: A view down Grafton Gully out towards Devonport and Rangitoto Island. Some houses and much open area. The cemetery is in the foreground with graves surrounded by white picket fences.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: A view down Grafton Gully out towards Devonport and Rangitoto Island. Some houses and much open area. The cemetery is in the foreground with graves surrounded by white…

Description: Te Pahi silver medal and case

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 2014.59.1Accession Date: 04 Sep 2014Description: Te Pahi silver medal and case

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: AK209874

Description: cloak decorated with peacock feathers. two areas of shaping. plaited woollen border down each side. striped wool backing in red, beige, yellow, blue, red and black.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1925.257Accession Date: 30 Dec 1925Description: cloak decorated with peacock feathers. two areas of shaping. plaited woollen border down each side. striped wool backing in red, beige, yellow, blue, red and black.

Description: Kahu kurī, tōpuni. Cloak, dogskin. Woven from undyed muka in compact aho pātahi and fully covered in dogskin strips. The main body is grey dogskin strips with hair, with brown as a border on the sides and top, a narrow border of twilled weaving on the sides and neck edge, and a kurupatu of dogskin strips.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1887Description: Kahu kurī, tōpuni. Cloak, dogskin. Woven from undyed muka in compact aho pātahi and fully covered in dogskin strips. The main body is grey dogskin strips with hair, with brown…

Description: Te Puawai o Te Arawa is carved from totara. The figures on the pataka are made up of both wheku and manaia, carved with taratara a kae. Both amo feature a naturalistic embracing couple. All of the carved figures have paua shell inset eyes. Te Puawai has been painted red, with black panels between the carved pou. These have been secured with muka binding.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1894Display Room: Maori Hall Central CourtDescription: Te Puawai o Te Arawa is carved from totara. The figures on the pataka are made up of both wheku and manaia, carved with taratara a kae. Both amo feature a naturalistic…

Description: Group of Maori sitting on beach around a fire, with two Europeans lying in the middle of the group. Rack with fish drying, tent or shelter to the left. Sailing ship in the bay.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Group of Maori sitting on beach around a fire, with two Europeans lying in the middle of the group. Rack with fish drying, tent or shelter to the left. Sailing ship in the…

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: MA125475Accession Date: 28 Nov 2017

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: MA125474Accession Date: 28 Nov 2017

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: MA125479Accession Date: 28 Nov 2017

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: MA125476Accession Date: 28 Nov 2017

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: MA125477Accession Date: 28 Nov 2017

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: Handmade cloth-covered notebook containing cooking recipes and folk remedies written by Ellen Macnamara, mother of Ellen Mulvany (1821-1900), dated 1813. [FRAGILE]

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Handmade cloth-covered notebook containing cooking recipes and folk remedies written by Ellen Macnamara, mother of Ellen Mulvany (1821-1900), dated 1813. [FRAGILE]

Description: display case, large, filled with assorted birds from North America, with turned wooden legs and glass on three sides.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 2006.14.1Accession Date: 21 Mar 2006Description: display case, large, filled with assorted birds from North America, with turned wooden legs and glass on three sides.

Description: Surveyor's chain belonging to government surveyor, Richard Todd, who was killed on Mt Pirongia as he surveyed confiscated land in the King Country on 20 November 1870 by Māori who were enforcing the aukati line, which delineated Māori from Pākeha land following the Waikato War. Steel chain, each link 170mm long, links are interspersed with brass markers with a simple loop for a handle at one end.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1965.78.486Accession Date: 29 Oct 1965Description: Surveyor's chain belonging to government surveyor, Richard Todd, who was killed on Mt Pirongia as he surveyed confiscated land in the King Country on 20 November 1870 by Māori…

Description: lithopanes, transparent ceramic plaques, four in a leather case, case cover missing. "Four litophanes - intaglio shade pictures, which, when held up to the light give a pictorial image - These four of currently popular paintings."

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYDescription: lithopanes, transparent ceramic plaques, four in a leather case, case cover missing. "Four litophanes - intaglio shade pictures, which, when held up to the light give a…

Description: Wahaika, whalebone club. There is an elongated protruding figure on the inner curve of this wahaika and a notch on the outer curve. At the butt is a carved manaia head and a round wrist-cord hole.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1957.83Accession Date: 1957Description: Wahaika, whalebone club. There is an elongated protruding figure on the inner curve of this wahaika and a notch on the outer curve. At the butt is a carved manaia head and a…

Description: The sides of this papahou feature human figures standing out from the background puwerewere spirals. The back also features puwerewere and rauponga, while a pitau design has been carved into the lid. At each end is an openwork carved head, made up of two manaia heads. There is a small uncarved portion on the base.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1962.64Accession Date: 1962Description: The sides of this papahou feature human figures standing out from the background puwerewere spirals. The back also features puwerewere and rauponga, while a pitau design has…

Description: collector's desk containing collection of North American and European beetles

Collection: NATURAL SCIENCEAccession Number: 1956.207Accession Date: 1956Description: collector's desk containing collection of North American and European beetles

Description: Kete tāniko. Bag, finger twining. Woven from undyed muka with full tāniko in aonui in yellow (raurekau), black (paru) and undyed muka, a larkshead knot start at the rim, with a fringe and eight-plait handle.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1928.55Accession Date: 12 Mar 1928Display Room: Maori Court WestDescription: Kete tāniko. Bag, finger twining. Woven from undyed muka with full tāniko in aonui in yellow (raurekau), black (paru) and undyed muka, a larkshead knot start at the rim, with…

Description: This openwork carving has a central figure and two manaia facing outwards from each end. Several edges feature notching, and the entire carving sits on a rectangular base. It is understood to have been carved from totara.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1921Description: This openwork carving has a central figure and two manaia facing outwards from each end. Several edges feature notching, and the entire carving sits on a rectangular base. It…

Description: Whakapakoko - carving representing the Madonna and Christ. Both the Madonna and the baby she holds in her left arm are carved with rauponga and spirals. Both figures have naturalistic features with moko and paua shell eyes.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1890Display Room: Maori Court WestDescription: Whakapakoko - carving representing the Madonna and Christ. Both the Madonna and the baby she holds in her left arm are carved with rauponga and spirals. Both figures have…

Description: This Gothic-style bellow driven organ pipe organ was built by William Webster between 1845 and 1850. Webster arrived in New Zealand from Scotland in 1840 and established successful timber, flour and flax milling businesses. He built the organ over a five year period, using Australian cedar for the case, kauri for the framework and diapason, matai for the flute pipes, and kahikitea, matai and tanekaha for the piping. The white keys were cut from sperm-whale teeth obtained from local whalers and the black keys were dyed using traditional Māori textile dyes.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1965.78.519Accession Date: 29 Oct 1965Description: This Gothic-style bellow driven organ pipe organ was built by William Webster between 1845 and 1850. Webster arrived in New Zealand from Scotland in 1840 and established…

Description: Black ringbinder containing Hillary's personal diary entries concerning the 'British Everest Expedition 1953', covering a period from 28 February to 1 June 1953, with additional notes concerning the ascent to the summit. Also included in the rear of the volume are entries concerning the 1954 NZAC Expedition, covering a period from 28 March to 19 April 1954. (97 total pages used + 26 pages of alphabetical index)

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: Black ringbinder containing Hillary's personal diary entries concerning the 'British Everest Expedition 1953', covering a period from 28 February to 1 June 1953, with…

Description: This large greenstone hei tiki has her hands to her thighs and has visible facial features and ribs. The cord is made of brown plaited muka with a large bone toggle and the stone is medium green and polished.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1912Description: This large greenstone hei tiki has her hands to her thighs and has visible facial features and ribs. The cord is made of brown plaited muka with a large bone toggle and the…

Description: This rei puta pendant is made from a sperm whale's tooth that has been split. A paua shell can still seen in one of the two eyes. The surface of this pendant has been worn and damaged and two of the three suspension holes have broken away.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1928.250Accession Date: 1928Description: This rei puta pendant is made from a sperm whale's tooth that has been split. A paua shell can still seen in one of the two eyes. The surface of this pendant has been worn and…

Description: fish hook, trolling lure shank. Pearl shell (Pinctada margaritifera). Pointed at one end where there is a central perforation for line attachment. Eye diameter 2mm drilled from both sides, with the hole wider on reverse side (cortex). At the distal end are two grooves for attaching the hook. The upper lashing groove is more pronounced the lower. The edges of the lure on the cortex side are slightly rounded and angled file scratches are visible. Slight longitudinal curvature.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYDescription: fish hook, trolling lure shank. Pearl shell (Pinctada margaritifera). Pointed at one end where there is a central perforation for line attachment. Eye diameter 2mm drilled…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGE

Description: The book was published in 1787, some seven years after the return of the Resolution and Discovery at the conclusion of the third voyage. The earliest copies issued typically contain just 39 samples, as listed by Shaw in the preface. Later, some copies had additional cloth specimens added, probably in response to new supplies of tapa that became available, likely from the sale of the collections of Sir Ashton Lever and David Samwell (the latter surgeon's mate of the Discovery during the third voyage, and author of the equally rare Narrative of the Death of Captain James Cook, published a year before this). This very desirable expanded example includes 17 additional cloth samples, bringing the total to 56 specimens, and may have been prepared in 1805-1806 (on the basis of dated watermarks of some blank leaves). Most significantly, the majority of these additional specimens were collected by Cook's men and officers in Hawaii. There were relatively few Hawaiian specimens in the copies first issued which were limited to 39 specimens.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: The book was published in 1787, some seven years after the return of the Resolution and Discovery at the conclusion of the third voyage. The earliest copies issued typically…

Description: Large squares filled with varying designs (curves, lines, dots, conventionalised plants, flowers). black on white. Inscriptions along two edges of main body of motif. Freehand painting.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1948.34Description: Large squares filled with varying designs (curves, lines, dots, conventionalised plants, flowers). black on white. Inscriptions along two edges of main body of motif.…

Description: breast ornament; Tridacna shell disc, turtle shell fish and bird motif fretwork attached, shell currency discs, two small white cowrie shells and blue glass beads threaded on the rolled fibre suspension cord; worn by high ranking men; "Coll: by Capt Bongard." [ethno. card]

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1925.217Display Room: Pacific MasterpiecesDescription: breast ornament; Tridacna shell disc, turtle shell fish and bird motif fretwork attached, shell currency discs, two small white cowrie shells and blue glass beads threaded on…

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEAccession Date: 1940

Description: View of harbour with wharf and wooden buildings - Queen Street Wharf, taken from Point Britomart towards Smales Point. Group of Maori in foreground.

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: View of harbour with wharf and wooden buildings - Queen Street Wharf, taken from Point Britomart towards Smales Point. Group of Maori in foreground.

Description: Carving of goddess. Kawe de Hine Aligi.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1970.39Accession Date: 1970Display Room: Pacific LifewaysDescription: Carving of goddess. Kawe de Hine Aligi.

Description: The manu aute is built in a birdlike form with extended wings and its body and head are made to resemble those of a human being. The materials it is made of are raupo, harakeke (flax), paua, kareao (supplejack), wool, linen and cotton. The frame of the mask is made of kareao split to allow the basic contours of the face to be formed. The frame is then bound together with flax cord and covered with pages from an 1884 issue of 'Ko te Kahiti o Niu Tireni', a gazette issued by the New Zealand government. Parts of the mask are padded with cotton wool and then the whole is covered with a layer of beaten bark cloth. The mouth of the mask is shaped, then covered with linen and bound with flax cord before being sewn on to the frame. The eyes are made of discs of paua shell. At one time a covering of hawk feathers with their quills split in order to move in the wind, encircled the head. Many of the original facial features and decorative elements of the mask have now gone. A moko painted on the mask's surface can no longer be seen and a shark tooth pendant from the right ear along with a band around the neck have also gone (1). The body of the kite is made from a frame of thin manuka or kanuka sticks, bound together by diagonal lashings with a fine flax cord. The framework of the wings is comprised of twelve light sticks of the same wood, the tapered ends of which are bound together to form a length running the distance of the extended wings. Across these, longitudinal spars (a series of six or seven evenly spaced short sticks) are lashed at right angles. As the wings narrow towards the tips, the number of sticks in each series reduces to four or five. The body is made in a similar manner, with seven struts comprising the vertical frame and a series of cross sticks like those on the wings forming the horizontal frame. This series of cross sticks, both on the wings and the body, is pigmented alternatively red and black (1)

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: 1895Description: The manu aute is built in a birdlike form with extended wings and its body and head are made to resemble those of a human being. The materials it is made of are raupo,…

Description: Taheretikitiki features low-relief manaia, some with paua shell eyes, surrounded by openwork rolling spirals. A panel running through the middle of the tauihu has been carved with rauponga spirals. The entire prow has been painted black.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Date: UnknownDisplay Room: Tāmaki Herenga Waka: Stories of Auckland - Tamaki (Main Gallery)Description: Taheretikitiki features low-relief manaia, some with paua shell eyes, surrounded by openwork rolling spirals. A panel running through the middle of the tauihu has been carved…

Description: The journals of the Reverend Richard Taylor are a detailed record of 40 years of his life as a missionary and naturalist. As well as Taylor's thoughts and observations on the affairs of the day, the journals contain much botanical, geological, zoological and ethnographic information, including numerous pen and ink sketches and some water-colours. The original handwritten journals (Items 1 - 15) have been arranged chronologically with the volumes numbered 1 - 15. This numbering differs from the numbers found on the actual volumes (see Notes). A bound set of typed transcriptions (Items 16 - 31) is available (Volume 12 is divided into two separate volumes: 12 and 12a).

Collection: DOCUMENTARY HERITAGEDescription: The journals of the Reverend Richard Taylor are a detailed record of 40 years of his life as a missionary and naturalist. As well as Taylor's thoughts and observations on the…

Description: wooden treasure box with sinuous figures at each end. hinges attached in modern times have been removed. illustrated in 'Maori Artifacts' pl. 39.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1950.128Accession Date: 04 Jul 1950Description: wooden treasure box with sinuous figures at each end. hinges attached in modern times have been removed. illustrated in 'Maori Artifacts' pl. 39.

Description: ‘Ahu‘ula. Feather cloak reserved for Hawaiian ali‘i (high chiefs, royalty). This ‘ahu‘ula is of floor length size. When laid flat it is a large crescent shape. The knotted fibre foundation is produced from ‘olonā fibre, onto which are attached many hundreds of thousands of small red and yellow huluhulu (feathers) from the ‘I‘iwi bird and ‘Ō‘ō bird respectively creating a thick and textured surface. These huluhulu are placed in a geometric arrangement across the foundation fibre to produce a wide yellow serrated border enclosing a field of red along with two central lozenges and two half triangular forms of yellow huluhulu towards the lower half of the ‘ahu‘ula.

Collection: HUMAN HISTORYAccession Number: 1948.47Accession Date: 02 Feb 1948Description: ‘Ahu‘ula. Feather cloak reserved for Hawaiian ali‘i (high chiefs, royalty). This ‘ahu‘ula is of floor length size. When laid flat it is a large crescent shape. The knotted…