Hon. Wi Tako Ngatata M.L.C., Chief of the Ngatiawa tribe in Taranaki N.Z.

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Hon. Wi Tako Ngatata M.L.C., Chief of the Ngatiawa tribe in Taranaki N.Z.

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This essay originally appeared in New Zealand Art at Te Papa (Te Papa Press, 2018). Gottfried Lindauer’s portrait of Wī Tako Ngātata is a wonderfully idealised depiction of a great statesman. Painted a few years before Ngātata’s death in 1887, it presents him as a classic Māori leader, resplendent in kahukurī (dog-skin cloak) and greenstone ear pendant, even then reminiscent of a bygone era. Lindauer painted Wī Tako three times between 1877 and 1882, based on two contemporary studio carte-de...

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1880

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Gottfried Lindauer

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https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/137597

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Portraits / Men / Tattoos / Capes (Clothing) / Earrings / Wiremu Tako Ngātata / Te Āti Awa / Māori / Ngāti Ruanui / oil paint / canvas / paintings / New Zealand

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