IDNO

P.70194.ACH2

Description

Portrait of a Maori chief with full facial moko (tattoos). He is wearing an inverted kaitaka cloak and a feather in his hair.

Tukaroto Matutaera Potatau Te Wherowhero Tawhiao (? - August 27, 1894). Maori King, Waikato leader, prophet. Iwi/Hapu: Ngati Mahuta (Tainui). See www.dnzb.govt.nz for full bibliography. [Jocelyne Dudding, 25/2/2003]

Physical Condition: Print mounted onto thick card.

Place

Oceania Polynesia; New Zealand [Aotearoa]

Cultural Affliation

Maori

Named Person

Tawhiao

Photographer

None

Collector / Expedition

Date

1880 - 1890

Collection Name

Unmounted Haddon Collection

Source

Haddon, Alfred Cort (Dr)von Hügel, Anatole (Baron)

Format

Print Black & White

Primary Documentation

Other Information

P.70168.ACH2 to P.70194.ACH2 and P.70196.ACH2 to P.70198.ACH2 were found inside the envelope now numbered C309/2/1/ which came from drawer two of the entire cabinet formerly numbered as batch 153, now renumbered C309/.

Similar prints of the same man and from the same series are held at the of Alexander Turnbull Library (image number, 1/2-050875) and are available online at http://timeframes1.natlib.govt.nz/;internal&action=dialog.search.action. A cropped version of this image is published in J.E.Gorst (1959) The Maori King, p. 135, and in A.Drummond (1964) Early Days in the Waikato, p. 6. In both publication the caption “Tawhiao, the second Maori King” is used. [Jocelyne Dudding, 25/2/2003].

This catalogue record has been updated with the support of the Getty Grant Program One. [Alex Nadin, 21/3/2003].

Publication: Image published in Te Koroneihana | Coronation
Celebrating Te Atairangikaahu, Māori Queen. 2023. MAA Digital Lab Online Exhibition with the following caption: "Portrait of Tūkāroto Tāwhiao, the second Māori King (served 1860-1894)." [source: https://museums.cam.ac.uk/story/te-koroneihana-coronation/ KK 14/08/2023]