IMAGE
Artist unknown :[Moko, self-drawn. Otaki? 1844?] Te Whatanui's wata, Ranginui, Otaki. 1844
- Date
- 1844
- By
- Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895
- Reference
- C-103-001-1
- Description
A self-drawn moko by an unknown Maori man, Possibly Te Whatanui, with the different parts of the design identified in Maori, e.g. 'Te ngu' for the upper nose area, 'te wha' for the chin area. The tattoo is for the nose, chin and cheek. In the background is a set of faint drawings by W. B. D. Mantell, including hands holding a plant.
On the reverse are several pencil drawings by Mantell of Maori carvings, a whare or cottage, and a hut, inscribed 'Otaki 1844' 'Te Whatanui's whata, Ranginui, Otaki'. 'Ohau, Muhunoa' and an illegible word in Maori, probably a person's name written by him- or herself while learning to write
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil, 125 x 169 mm
- Additional description
Alternative form available: Reverse is not photographed
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil works, Self-portraits, Pencil, 125 x 169 mm
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