Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: The notable chief Te Rauparaha is seated, wrapped in a European blanket that was worn in the same manner as a Maori cloak. Rauparaha has a moko (traditional Maori facial tattoo) and a tuft of white feather in his left ear. A mere pounamu (greenstone hand club) with a flax wrist chord sits at the base of his blanket. The standing figure is Katu, Te Rauparaha's son also known by his baptismal name Tamihana (Thompson). He holds a long spear in his hand and wears a hieke-pokinikini (cloak) that is predominantly covered with flax tags that have been scraped and dyed at intervals and red woollen pompoms added.

Signed by Angas

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

Lithograph caption: 'Ko Katu. only son of Rauparaha. Otaki. Rauparaha. Principal Chief of Nga Ti Toa Tribe Cook's Sts.'
Plate title: 'Ko Katu and Rauparaha'
Plate: 3
Notes:

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Toa
Location: Te Aro

Former Accession Number 1504