IMAGE
[Oliver, Richard Aldworth] 1811-1889 :Tanghi Motueka [between 1847 and 1851]
- Date
- 1847 - 1851
- By
- Oliver, Richard Aldworth, 1811-1889; Hogg, Neville William (Dr), 1927-2007; McClintock, Madeleine, active 1985
- Reference
- C-054-019
- Description
Shows scene inside pa, with three Maori men weeping, including the chief who is pacing up and down. Women and children seated nearby, with a dog beside one group. In the background are two whare and a decorated canoe to the right, upright in the ground, as a memorial to the dead chief
Original for the lithograph in: A series of lithographic drawings from sketches in New Zealand (London: Dickinson Brothers, 1852) Plate 3
Other Titles - Tanghi (Tangi) or lamentation over the tomb of a chief - Motueka [verso]
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Tanghi Motueka; Verso - centre - Tanghi or lamentation over the tomb of a chief - Motueka; Backing board recto - bottom right - The sight of a blood thirsty old chief, who has not only slain but eaten his enemies, weeping & wailing for hours together upon meeting an old friend, is only to be found I believe in New Zealand. The one here represented took place in Motueka in Blind Bay. On the right of the house is the tomb of a chief, formed by the canoe being cut in half, painted & adorned with feathers. [Text taken from the published lithographic version of this image]
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour over pencil 257 x 365 mm (sight)
Provenance: By descent through the artist's family to Mrs Madeleine McClintock (née Oliver), England. Sold at McArthur's auction, Auckland to Dr Neville Hogg of Dargaville in October 1983.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Watercolour over pencil 257 x 365 mm (sight), Orientation: Horizontal image
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