Holster, Revolver
Description
A brown leather revolver holster with a belt that has a snake buckle. " HEMI / TE WAKA " is handwritten in black ink under the flap on the inside.
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Hemi
Te
Waka
(“Big
Jim”)
fought
against
the
Pākehā
in
Taranaki
during
1860
but,
for
some,
now
unrecorded
reason,
changed
sides
and
became
a
valued
scout
for
the
Imperial
Regiments
in
the
wars
of
the
mid-1860s.
He used this holster for the presentation revolver that was given to him by the 43rd Regiment for his scouting work during the conflict. It was recorded, that he “wore it with pride.” It was presented to Taranaki Museum in 1919 by the NZ Army Veteran’s Association along with the revolver.
Hemi te Waka continued work as a scout with the elite Corps of Guides under Colonel Whitmore. In 1869, he was killed in an ambush while pursuing Te Kooti’s forces in the Urewera.
He is still remembered by a local, unofficial name for the western rise from the Waitara valley to Brixton – Big Jim’s Hill.
He used this holster for the presentation revolver that was given to him by the 43rd Regiment for his scouting work during the conflict. It was recorded, that he “wore it with pride.” It was presented to Taranaki Museum in 1919 by the NZ Army Veteran’s Association along with the revolver.
Hemi te Waka continued work as a scout with the elite Corps of Guides under Colonel Whitmore. In 1869, he was killed in an ambush while pursuing Te Kooti’s forces in the Urewera.
He is still remembered by a local, unofficial name for the western rise from the Waitara valley to Brixton – Big Jim’s Hill.
Accession number
A77.059
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