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Original Watercolour
There are five original watercolours within this frame. Captions and notes are as follows:

'The New Zealanders. X. Tombs of Cooks Strts'

1. Mausoleum of E Tohi. Mother of Rauparaha. on Mana Island, Cook's Strts. Porapora bush.'
   
   
2. 'Monument near Cloudy Bay.'
   
   
3. 'Monument at Tory Channel'
   
   
4. 'Waitura. Widow by Tariki. Paripari. A widow of Nga Ti Awa trb. during mourning.'
   
   
5. 'Native tomb at Te Awa Iti. Queen Charlotte's Sound.'
   
   

Signed by Angas

Notes: The sites are wahi tapu (sacred burial site) which is restricted. Each iwi (tribe), hapu (sub tribe) and whanau (family) group will have their own definition of what this means to them.

1. The fenced papatupapaku (monument) of Tohi has been decorated with Kowhaiwhai (traditional scrolled pattern). The chevron patterned taniko border of a mat can be seen hanging over the box which conceals the body.
   
   
2. A waka whakamaumaharatanga (canoe cenotaph) from Queen Charlotte Sound, South Island
   
   
3. A waka whakamaumaharatanga (canoe cenotaph) from Te Awaiti, Cloudy Bay, South Island.
   
   
4. A widow from Ngati Awa in mourning with self-inflicted cuts on her arms and face and wears a wreath of Kawakawa leaves around her head.
   
   
5. This monument is for three children and has been decorated with a speckled scrolled pattern known as as Kowhaiwhai.
   
   

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

Lithograph caption: 'Native Tombs.'
Plate title: 'Tombs.'
Plate: L
Notes: The centre watercolour IV has been replaced by watercolour I from AA 8/6/40.
Lithographer: JW Giles

Iwi [tribe]: Ngati Awa, Ngati Awa Iti,
Location: Mana Island, Cook's Strait, Cloudy Bay, Paripari, Queen Charlotte Sound, Tariki, Tory Channel, Waitura.

Former Accession Number 1527(1)