IMAGE
Robley, Horatio Gordon 1840-1930 :[Tomika Te Mutu. A finely tattooed chief of Tauranga. 1865.]
- Date
- 1865
- By
- Robley, Horatio Gordon, 1840-1930
- Reference
- A-280-012-a-4
- Description
Head and shoulders three-quarters frontal portrait of fully-tattooed Maori chief Tomika te Mutu
From M. S. papers 16
See also: "Moko", p. 22, fig. 15.
Photographs of another version of E-280-012
This version is placed centrally on the postcard. The other versions at A-280-012 are placed on the left side of the card
Inscriptions: Verso - in ink 'Tomika te Mutu, finely tattooed chief of Tauranga. A photograph of a sketch taken from life by General Gordon Robley in 1865'. Below are crossed out notes: 'When our present King and Queen met 7000 Maoris at P. O. on June 18. 14. 5. 1906 [sic] the Artist sent it in an enlarged painting in rem' [crossed out note ends abruptly]
Quantity: 1 photograph(s).
Physical Description: Photograph on postcard
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 photograph(s), Works of art, Photographs, Portraits, Photograph on postcard
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