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Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: Maketu house is situated at Otawhao in the Waikato district and was built to commemorate a battle. This house is wahi tapu (sacred burial site) which is restricted. Many of the carved forms represent chiefs and warriors that fought in the battle: Hikarea, chief of Tauranga; Taipari, chief of Tauranga; Tarea, chief; Puke; Wakatau; and Pokana, chief of Mata Mata. The inside porch rafters have been painted with the symbolic scrolled patterns referred to as kowhaiwhai. 'Ancient War Temple at Maketu (inside mount) Maketu House, Otawhao Pah (outside mount)'.

On the reverse side of the watercolour is a sketch of the pahu warbell. See AA 8/6/47 for the watercolour.

Signed by Angas on mount

Lithograph
The original has been used in Angas's The New Zealanders.

Lithograph caption: 'Maketu House at Otawhao Pah. Built by Puatia, to commemorate the battle of Maketu'. Some of the words were not printed.
Plate title: 'Maketu house at Otawhao.'
Plate: XXV
Notes:
Lithographer: JW Giles

Iwi [Tribe]: Tainui
Location: Otawhao, Waikato

Former Accession Number 1619