'Wakauenuku. His little slave boy. Christian chief of Nga Ti Waoroa tribe. Waikato.'

Archive Collections / George French Angas / Series AA8/06 / 'Wakauenuku. His little slave boy. Christian chief of Nga Ti Waoroa tribe. Waikato.'

Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: Waka Te Karaka (Clark), a Christian chief, sits on a European chair. He wears a blue European coat, cream trousers and grey shoes and has a moko (traditional Maori facial tattoo). Wakauenuku, his attendant, stands to his left and wears a pake (rain cape). Endorsed with Wakauenuku's signature.

Signed by Angas

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

Lithograph caption: 'Ko Nga Waka Te Karaka, (or Clark) the Christian chief of the Nga-ti-Waoroa tribe, Waikato. and Wakauenuku, his attendant boy'
Plate title: 'Ko Nga Waka Te Karaka, a Christian chief of Wakato, with his attendant boy.'
Plate: XLVII
Notes:
Lithographer: GF Angas

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Waoroa
Location: Waikato

Former Accession Number 1530(3)

CreatorGeorge French Angas
ControlAA 8/6/39
Date Range1844  -  1844
Quantity   1   Watercolour 34x24cm; Mount 44.5x34.5cm
Series AA8/06