IMAGE
[Coates, Isaac], 1808-1878 :E Manu. Chief - Wauka pa Wauka. [1843?]
- Date
- 1842 - 1845
- By
- Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878
- Reference
- A-286-001
- Description
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Wiremu Katene te Puoho, also known as te Manu or Manu, son of te Puoho o te Rangi and Kauhae of Ngati Tama tribe, and chief of one of the pa in the Whakapuaka district in the 1840s. Shown in European dress
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
Other Titles - Wiremu Katene te Puoho, Te Manu or Manu, chief Whakapuaka, Wakapuaka, 1843?
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - title
cf preliminary drawing in Rex Nan Kivell Collection, Canberra ("E Manu. Blind Bay" / I.Coates) and similar watercolour in Peabody Museum, Salem Mass. with same title. Library has file prints
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour & gum arabic 157 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-282-1 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 157 x 192 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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