Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: This intricately ornamented meeting house was carved by the rangatira (chief) Rangihaeata. All carved and wooden areas of the house have been stained in kokowai (red ochre). The carved figures in the amo (upright support post) on either side of the house feature paua (sea snail) shell inlaid eyes. The amo provide support for the maihi (sloping barge boards). At the centre of this apex are the carved forms known as the tekoteko and koruru (carved head). In the porch area the doorway and window frames have also been carved in detail. The symbolic Maori patterns known as kowhaiwhai have been painted in black and red on the porch rafters. In the foreground sit two figures with a gourd used for storing and transporting water. In the background are the tops of palisade posts and stakes. Endorsed by Rangihaeata's signature.

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

Lithograph caption: 'Rangihaeatas celebrated house on the Island of Mana, called 'Kai Tangata" (eat man)'
Plate title: 'Rangihaeata's house on the Island of Mana, called 'Kai Tangata" (eat man).'
Plate: IV
Notes: No titles on lithograph
Lithographer: JW Giles

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Toa
Location: Mana Island which is just off the west coast of the Wellington and Porirua area, Cook Strait

Former Accession Number 1620