Dominion Museum photo in hokianga 120 years ago, the artist G. F. Angas made a lovingly detailed copy of the carving illustrated on the opposite page. Angas' drawing, shown above, was published in 1952 in W. J. Phillips' book, ‘Maori Houses and Foodstores’. Recently this carving came to light in the Auckland Museum. The only carving illustrated by Angas which has survived, it shows that his copy is on the whole an accurate one. Originally over the door of a pataka, the carving measures approximately 17 by 24 inches. In his hands the central figure holds a musket; according to writing on the back of the carving, this is Tamati Waka Nene. Though Northland once had as many beautiful carvings as any other area, apart from burial chests and treasure boxes there are comparatively few of them that are still in existence. No other Northland carvings similar to this one are known to have survived.