'E Roro. E Toa. E Pu. Nga Ti Toa tribe. Porirua Pa. Cooks Sts Sept 1844.'

Archive Collections / George French Angas / Series AA8/06 / 'E Roro. E Toa. E Pu. Nga Ti Toa tribe. Porirua Pa. Cooks Sts Sept 1844.'

Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: Pu stands with her two sons Roro and Toa and her infant. Pu and the infant are wrapped in a korowai-ngore (cloak) made with black twisted thrumbs, red woollen pompoms and stitching along the border. Both boys are wearing a pake (rain cape). Roro is seated and has a pied fantail bird, attached to his right ear.

Signed by Angas

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

Lithograph caption: ' A woman and her sons of Nga Ti Toa Tribe. Porirua Cooks Straits'
Plate title: 'E Pu and her children.'
Plate: XIV
Notes: On lithograph: 'E Raro E Toa E Pu'
lithographer: W Hawkins

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Toa
Location: Porirua pa, Cook's Straight

Former Accession Number 1494

CreatorGeorge French Angas
ControlAA 8/6/9
Date Range23 September, 1844  -  23 September, 1844
Quantity   1   Watercolour 33.5x24cm; Mount 44.5x34.5cm
Series AA8/06