IMAGE
[Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :E Piro. Wauka pa Wauka. [1843?]
- Date
- 1842 - 1845
- By
- Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878
- Reference
- A-286-002
- Description
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Ngati Tama leader Paremata te Wahapiro, Te Kiore, from Whakapuaka, near Nelson
See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information.
See also Dictionary of N.Z. biography (1990) for biographical information about Paremata
Other Titles - Waukapawauka, Wakapuaka, Nelson
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title
cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Musem, Salem, Mass., neg.85103 1/2
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm
Provenance: Part of a house sale in Boston, purchased by New York dealer, then by Auckland dealer.
Transfers: One of 19 such portraits (A-286-1 to 19).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Watercolour & gum arabic 257 x 192 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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