Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: The Rangatira (chief) Tara or Irirangi was the principal chief of the Ngai Tai and stands holding a Tewhatewha (long handled fighting staff). He has a moko (traditional Maori facial tattoo) and wears a shark tooth in his right ear. Tara wears a korowai-ngore (cloak) made with black twisted muka (fibre extracted from flax) thrumbs, pompons and red woollen stitched patterns. In the background is a palisade fence.

Signed by Angas

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

Lithograph caption: 'Tara.'
Plate title: 'Tara or Irirangi, principal chief of Nga Ti Tai tribe'
Plate: XXXIV
Notes:
Lithographer: GF Angas

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngai Tai or Ngati Tai
Location: Auckland

Former Accession Number 1508