Keywords: SwingAngas1847.JPG en A group of Māori children on a morere swing a tall pole with ropes attached from its top flying out over a bank watched by a group of seated adults and children The palisades of a pa are in the right background and a low hill in the distance According to Simpson P 2000 Dancing Leaves The story of the New Zealand cabbage tree Tī Kōuka Christchurch Canterbury University Press p 160 the ropes for the morere were tī emi ropes made by gathering together leaves or fibres of Cordyline australis tī cabbage tree This part of the image cropped out resized tidied up Angas George French 1822-1886 The New Zealanders Illustrated London Thomas McLean 1847 Alexander Turnbull Library URL http //find natlib govt nz/primo_library/libweb/action/display do ct display doc nlnz_tapuhi350543 indx 5 vl 28D31185043UI0 29 any dum true dscnt 0 indx 1 srt rank tab default_tab ct search frbg vid TF vl 281UI0 29 contains fn search dstmp 1272370912272 vl 28freeText0 29 moari mode Basic vl 2835124698UI1 29 all_items scp scps scope 3A 28Timeframes 29 Reference No PUBL-0014-53 George French 1822-1886 Angas Copyist ; J W fl 1847 Giles as the lithographer ; Joseph Jenner 1816 -1854 Merrett as the artist 1847 Out of Copyright worldwide PD-old Maori culture PD Old files uploaded by User Kahuroa George French Angas Swings in New Zealand Children playing |