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Robley, Horatio Gordon 1840-1930 :A tangi at Matapihi 1864.
Date: 1864
Reference: A-080-016
Description: Shows a tangi, with a small crowd gathered outside the front of a whare, around a body in white cloak. In left foreground is a Maori with feather cloak, spear, and facial moko. Beyond him a woman with a small child is seated on the ground. Other figures sit and stand. Title, date, and signature all in different ink. Other Titles - Tangi over a woman. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - H. G. Robley; Recto - bottom right - A TANGI at / 1864 Matapihi; Verso - top centre - family / Tangi over a woman / Matapihi Bay of Plenty / Decr 1864.; Verso - centre - There was a tangi / over a warriors spear I drew / Sepr 1864; Verso - bottom centre - Reproduced in "Illustrated London news" 17 Feb.1866. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink 197 x 294 mm. Provenance: Vendor had purchased from Dunbar Sloane, 29.11.1987.