Poem, Come down the Wanganui
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Brief Description
A poem entitled: Come down the Wanganui, written in Māori and English.
Underneath the poem are watercolour and ink drawings showing people waving farewell to a group of people in a canoe. The author of the poem is unknown.
There is also another heading which reads: Powhiri to Dr Thacker.
The poem begins:
Come down the Wanganui
Floating in my canoe...
If you want to be my Dora
You will have to say Kia ora
Underneath the poem are watercolour and ink drawings showing people waving farewell to a group of people in a canoe. The author of the poem is unknown.
There is also another heading which reads: Powhiri to Dr Thacker.
The poem begins:
Come down the Wanganui
Floating in my canoe...
If you want to be my Dora
You will have to say Kia ora
Collection
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Written and drawn in black ink and watercolours on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width: 138 x 152mm
Classification terms
Current rights
Public Domain
Caption
Collection of Hawke’s Bay Museums Trust, Ruawharo Tā-ū-rangi, m99/78/174
Credit line
from the estate of Miss Elizabeth Webb
Other number(s)
m99/78/174, 29221
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