Cases Sculptees des Chefs (Nouvelle Zelande) - Casas Con Esculturas de Los Jefes (Nueva Zelanda)

Artist	Louis Auguste de Sainson (1800-1874)
Date	1836
Technique	Copper Engraving
Category	Uncategorized
Source	Voyage Pittoresque Autour du Monde‎ … by Jules Dumont D'Urville

Description

Shows elaborately carved Māori meeting houses (wharenui). This engraving was made by the French artist Louis Auguste de Saison during the explorer Dumont d'Urville's voyage to New Zealand.

Wharenui, Architecture