Chest
Description
Wooden chest with hinged lid. Metal bindings on the edges and metal handle at each end.
Object detail
Production period
Subject person
Classification
Credit line
This
chest
belonged
to
Reverend
J.
Whiteley
and
was
inscribed
when
he
was
based
at
Kawhia.
He
later
moved
to
Taranaki
in
1856
before
his
death
at
Pukearuhe
in
1869.
Te
Ara
Encyclopedia
describes
Whitely
as
having
"made
an
important
contribution
to
the
work
of
the
Wesleyan
Missionary
Society.
He
had
a
genuine
concern
for
the
Maori
people,
and
a
sense
of
the
importance
of
the
Treaty
of
Waitangi.
However
his
advocacy
of
the
settler
position
in
Taranaki
was
ill
judged,
and
hampered
his
missionary
efforts
among
the
Maori
people.
Whiteley
was
thrust
into
the
midst
of
a
conflict
he
could
not
understand
or
resolve.
In
the
end
he
was
a
victim
of
that
conflict."
Accession number
A102.349
Collection type
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