IMAGE
[Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Takup. Kafia. A noted cannibal. [1843?]
- Date
- 1843
- By
- Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878
- Reference
- A-286-011
- Description
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori chief, probably from Te Rauparaha's "Kawhia" tribe, wearing striped shirt and shark's tooth ear pendant
From Kawhia and probably Ngati Toa, Ngati Koata or Ngati Rarua iwi, all of which settled the top of the South Island where they are still resident. The subject's correct name is unknown.
The name Takup may be a rendering of Te Kapu. A Peniamini (Benjamin) Te Kapu of Pelorus River was baptised by Rev Samuel Ironsides on 7 October 1842.
See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the engima of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v.23, no.1, May 1990. p47-67 for further information.
Other Titles - Te Kapu
Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title
cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass (A noted cannibal. Takup. Kafia, I.Coates neg. 85099 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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