'Te Amotutu. A young chief of the Nga Ti Pou. Relation of Te Paki. Waikato. Oct 2'

Archive Collections / George French Angas / Series AA8/06 / 'Te Amotutu. A young chief of the Nga Ti Pou. Relation of Te Paki. Waikato. Oct 2'

Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: Noted by Angas as a young man of aproximately 16. Te Amotutu stands wearing two kakahu (cloak): a mid length kahu kuri (dog skin cloak) with tuffs of white and dark coloured fur is worn over a korowai-ngore (cloak) that has black twisted thrumbs fringing, a chevron patterned taniko border, red woollen pompoms and stitched border. He wears ear pendants, one made out of greenstone (nephrite jade) in his right ear. Te Amotutu stands infront of a fence and in the background is a pataka (enclosed and elevated store house) and whare (house).

Signed by Angas

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

Lithograph caption: 'II. Te Amotutu, a Young Chief of the Nga-ti-pou Tribe.'
Plate title: 'Te Amotutu, a young chief of the Nga-ti-pou Tribe.'
Plate: XLIII
Notes: The lithograph comprises three watercolours, AA 8/6/32, 33 and 34: Te Amotutu is on the top right. See AA 8/6/32 for Te Maro and AA 8/6/34 for Ko Tariu.
Lithographer: GF Angas

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Pou
Location: 50 miles further up the Waikato than Komakopopo

Former Accession Number 1523(2)

CreatorGeorge French Angas
ControlAA 8/6/33
Date Range02 October, 1844  -  02 October, 1844
Quantity   1   Watercolour 27.5x21.5cm; Mount 35.5x29.5cm
Series AA8/06