Hingatu, active 1840s

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-004

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Iwikau, a Maori man, from Wakapuaka pa, near Nelson Iwikau's wife, Hingatu, and child are shown in another portrait in this group (A-286-005) See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the enigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library record, vo.23, no.1 May 1990, p.47-67 for further information. Iwikau is likely to have been converted by the Rev. Charles Reay of Nelson Other Titles - Iwikau. Wakapuaka. Remarkable for his piety. 1843? Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass. (Coates, I. Remarkable for his piety...). Library has file print 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 portraits (A-286-1 to 19).

Date: 1842 - 1845

By: Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878

Reference: A-286-005

Description: Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori woman with baby in red cap asleep on her back Hingatu's husband, Iwikau, is shown in another portrait in this sequence, A-286-004. See: Minson, Marian. Art as evidence : the emigma of the Nelson Maori portraits. In: Turnbull Library Record, v. 23, no.1, May 1990, p.47-67, for further information. Baptism likely to have been at Wakapuaka or in Nelson, by the Rev. Charles Reay. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title cf almost identical portrait in Peabody Museum, Salem, Mass., :Coates, I. As they appeared...". Library has file print 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