ONLINE ONLY ESTATE COLLECTABLE AUCTION
Wednesday, 18 - Monday, 23 January 2023
HANDWRITTEN WAIATA C. 1860s
Estimate $100 - $200
Realised: $160 plus premium
Lot Details
Two pages of Waiata [ca 1860's] beautifully written in copperplate ink text - titled A Native Watch Chant and Native Watch Cry [Matarra] Whai Mai Whai mai. Inscribed 'The above is a translation of some of the Maori poetry sent to England by Reginald Penruddocke Fitzgerald 1867'
