Portrait of a young Maori woman with moko

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Portrait of a young Maori woman with moko

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Te Papa Collections Online

Description

Text originally created for Tūrangawaewae: Art and New Zealand exhibition at Te Papa, March 2018. An unidentified woman represents an ideal of Māori beauty. By the 1890s, most Māori had been wearing European clothing for decades. But Pākehā were hungry for portraits of Māori in customary dress. It may be that this young woman is dressed in props from the artist’s studio, rather than her own personal taonga [treasures]. Though she represents an idealised image of Māori beauty, her gaze maintai...

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Image

Date created

1891

Creator

Louis John Steele

URL

https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/171781

Related subjects

Portraits / Women / Tattoos / Flowers / Māori / oil paint / canvas / oil paintings / portraits / Auckland

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