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Children at the boiling springs near Taupo Lake

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Date

1844

Artist

George French Angas (1822-1886)

Collection

South Australian Museum

Description

There is one original watercolour within this frame: 'Papuka, a lame boy nephew of Te Heuheu. Taupo Lake. Ko Tiki. A boy ofTukanu. Tao. A girl at Tukanu. Near the boiling ponds'.
The child standing in the centre with three sticks in his hand is Ko Tiki the son of a Tokaanu chief. Boiling springs of Lake Taupo can be seen in the background. Tiki is wearing a korowai-ngore (cloak) with twisted thrumb fringing along its border and thrumbs that have been scraped and dyed.The child seated is Papuka, a disabled boy and nephew to the paramount chief of Ngati Tuwharetoa, Te Heuheu Tukino (Mananui II). Tao, the girl on the right, wears a string of large blue beads diagonally across her chest, an ear adornment and a folded cloak wrapped around her waist. In the foreground is a gourd used for transporting and storage of water which has Maori tattoo designs.
Credit line: AA8/6/13, GF Angas, South Australian Museum.

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Lake Taupo, Waikato, New Zealand

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