Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: Aitu wears a variety of the ngore (cloak) that incorporates red woollen pompoms, woollen stitching and fringing along its edge. Aitu has a moko (traditional Maori facial tattoo) but is shown in a group portrait in New Zealanders Illustrated, Titled: 'A group at Te Aro Pah', Plate XL, not to have any facial tattoo.

Signed by Angas

Lithograph
The original has been used in Angas's Portraits of the New Zealand Maori.

Lithograph caption: 'Aitu.'
Plate title: 'Aitu'
Plate: 14
Notes: Plate size 37.5x26.5cm (larger than original).

Iwi [Tribe]: Te Ati Awa
Location: Queen Charlotte Sound

Former Accession Number 1511