IMAGE
[Merrett, Joseph Jenner] 1816?-1854 :[The Hobson album]. A native chief dressed in a dog's skin mat, with a weapon called wahanoghi. [ca 1843].
- Date
- 1842 - 1843
- By
- Merrett, Joseph Jenner, 1815-1854
- Reference
- E-216-f-045
- Description
A standing full-length frontal portrait of a fully tattooed Maori man, 8 huia feathers on his head, a dogskin cloak with ruffled edge, his weapon in his left hand.
Other Titles - Wahangohi
Inscriptions: Album page - beneath image - [Title inbrown ink]. Also, lower right, in faint pencil] bunch of feathers
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil, ink and wash, 236 x 167 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845] / [Various artists] :[Mrs Hobson's album. 1843-1845]
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Wash drawings, Ethnographic illustrations, Pencil, ink and wash, 236 x 167 mm, Orientation: Vertical image
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