EditorialChidiya Tapu beach outside Port Blair, the capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in India in November 2022. (Poras Chaudhary/The New York Times)
EditorialA painting of a Moriori ancestor, Hirawana Tapu, who wrote down historical accounts of the Moriori people in the 19th century, in Rural Chatham, New Zealand on Dec. 23, 2021. (Cornell Tukiri/The New York Times)
EditorialA priest performing a ritual, in Tapu, Coromandel, New Zealand. Sketches of scenery, portraits of natives, with representations of ceremonies, costume, etc., in New Zealand, done in sepia, colours, or pencil. 1842-1853. Source: Add. 19953 f.89.
EditorialA rahni for eels. Drawings and Sketches in New Zealand. New Zealand; circa 1849-1850. [Whole folio] Sketches of a rahni or tapu for eels Image taken from Drawings and Sketches in New Zealand. Originally published/produced in New Zealand; circa 1849-1...