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        Listed under:  Society  >  Citizenship  >  Politics  >  Public administration  >  National security  >  Armed forces  >  Military equipment  >  Weapons  >  Firearms  >  Rifles
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        War dance in 1851

        • TLF-IDR2834

        This is a watercolour painting created by the military artist Captain T J Grant in 1851. The image shows a Mäori woman holding a mere pounamu (greenstone hand weapon) and leading six male Mäori warriors in a war dance. The first male warrior holds a tewhatewha (a close combat weapon around 2 metres long); the second, fourth ...

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        Mäori weapons taken at Te Ranga, 1864

        • TLF-IDR3715

        This is an ink watercolour by Lieutenant Horatio Robley entitled 'Mäori arms taken at Te Ranga 21 June 1864', which appeared in 'The Illustrated London News' of September 1864. It shows weapons captured after the British victory over Ngäi Te Rangi (a Mäori tribe) at Te Ranga on 21 June 1864. The weapons are numbered and ...

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