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Tattooed gate, Maketu

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Date

1865

Artist

Horatio Gordon Robley (1840-1930)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

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https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23136104

Description

Shows a warrior with moko on his face and right shoulder, and with "puhuro" tattoo (ie moko paeturi) on his thigh, in grass skirt, performing a haka, holding a taiaha in his right hand. He grimaces with the tongue extended. Behind him is a palisade fence (of Maketu Pa), and a gateway made of an old canoe set up and carved, with a large painted head showing the "moko" of the tribe. (This description of the gateway is taken from a description of a very similar work described in Sotheby's auction catalogue, 15 February 1990, lot 120).

Gateway in imitation of a human portrait is unusual. However, it is thought that this gateway is now in Auckland Museum.

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Maketu, New Zealand

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