
This work by William Blomfield, entitled 'The spirit of his fathers', appeared in the Christmas, December 1915 issue of the New Zealand Observer. It shows a Maori soldier charging two Turkish soldiers with the ghost of a Maori warrior behind him. Cartoons like this attempted to evoke the spirit of the Maori god of war, Tu-mata-uenga, to encourage Maori participation in the war.
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