IMAGE
Bock, Thomas 1790-1855 :Manalargena, a chief of the eastern coast of Van Diemen's Land. [between 1830 & 1835]
- Date
- 1830 - 1835
- By
- Bock, Thomas, 1790-1855
- Reference
- A-031-006
- Description
A middle-aged man, his hair covered with red ochre, the chief of an unidentified tribe, married to Tanleeboneyer. Around his neck is a necklace of kangaroo sinews and he holds a burning stick in his right hand
One of 5 watercolour originals of this subject; three others are held at the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, the Royal Anthropological Institute and the State Museum of Tasmania Hobart. The copy at the Pitt Rivers Museum includes the inscription 'Dead - a powerful chieftain and considered a sage - sinews of kangaroo tail spun into cord around his neck'
Other Titles - Mannalargenna
Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Drawn by T Bock
Quantity: 1 watercolour(s).
Physical Description: Watercolour 275 x 203 mm
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Format
- 1 watercolour(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Portraits, Watercolour 275 x 203 mm
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