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[Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Piki. Kohiri tribe. Rather a genius well versed in reading a...
Date: 1842 - 1845
By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878
Reference: A-286-010
Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori man, probably of Motueka and a past student of Rev. C.Reay 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. "Piki" was probably from Motueka, and a student of Rev. Charles Reay in Nelson. The name Kohiri or Kokiri for the tribe has not been traced Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass (Coates, I. Rather a genius...). Library has file print. 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 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).