'Kahawai or Pugnarehu. Principal chief of Nga Ti Hinetu. at Nahuruhuru. Waipa.'

Archive Collections / George French Angas / Series AA8/06 / 'Kahawai or Pugnarehu. Principal chief of Nga Ti Hinetu. at Nahuruhuru. Waipa.'

Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: Kahawai or Pungarehu a chief of Ngati Hinetu stands wearing a stripped kahu kuri, (dog skin cloak) worn over a European blanket. He has a moko (traditional Maori facial tattoo) and holds in his right hand a mere pounamu (greenstone hand club) and wears a greenstone (nephrite jade) ear pendant in his right ear. Behind him is a Maori meeting house and part of a staked fence.

Signed by Angas

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

Lithograph caption: 'Muriwhenua. Kahawai.'
Plate title: 'Muriwenua and Kahawai'
Plate: LI
Notes: The lithograph comprises two watercolours, AA 8/6/42/1 and 42/2: Kahawai is on the right. See AA 8/6/42/1 for Muriwenua.
Lithographer: JW Giles

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Hinetu
Location: Ngahuruhuru, Waipa not far from the place of the deserted pa Raroera

Former Accession Number 1493

CreatorGeorge French Angas
ControlAA 8/6/42/2
Date Range1844  -  1844
Quantity   1   Watercolour 33.5x24cm; Mount 44.5x34.5cm
Series AA8/06