This drawing shows a Māori policeman playing a nose flute in 1850. It recorded the attempt by Governor George Grey to appoint Māori to some official positions in the belief that they could rapidly adopt European ways of life and civil order.
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Hocken Library, University of Otago
Reference:
Acc No. 12,770
Pencil and ink drawing by Cuthbert Charles Clarke
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