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Ko Tau Whaki. A chief of Taupo. At Tukanu Kainga. Ko Teonionga. Son of Ko Kitea. A chief of Taupo

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Date

1844

Artist

George French Angas (1822-1886)

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South Australian Museum

Description

Ko Tauwhaki, a chief of Tokanu is seated and wears a korowai-ngore (cloak) made with black
dyed twisted muka (fibre extracted from flax) thrumbs and fringing and a greenstone (nephrite jade) ear pendant. Ko Teongionga from Te Rapa, a relative of the Ngati Tuwharetoa paramount chief Te Heuheu Tukino (Mananui II) stands to his right. He has white gull feathers in his hair and wears a pake (rain cape) of rough flax that Angas notes as 'peculiar for the area'. In the background is a carved pataka (enclosed and elevated store house) and a palisade fence.
Credit line: AA8/6/30/2, GF Angas, South Australian Museum.

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Tokaanu, Waikato, New Zealand

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