Oceania: Early Encounters

Images from the exhibition at Te Papa

War dance, 1851, Grant, T. J. (date unknown–1857), New Zealand. Purchased 1991 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds. Te Papa.

New Zealand Company flag. 1839, Maker unknown. Gift of Andrew Haggerty Richard Gillespie, 1967. Te Papa.

Ani O’Neill, Rainbow Country, 2000–2001. Te Papa.

Star Gossage, Moana, 2006. Te Papa.

Sofia Tekela-Smith, Self-portrait, 2003–2004. Collection of the Dowse Art Museum.

The images in this gallery are used with permission and are subject to copyright conditions.