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A tangi at Matapihi.

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Date

1864

Artist

Horatio Gordon Robley (1840-1930)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22764200

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.

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All Rights Reserved

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Matapihi, New Zealand

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People & Society

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