Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: Kuitia the wife of Te Rauparaha is seated wearing a ngore-paheke (cloak) with coloured wool stitching. Hamaiti a chief of Okahuhu stands holding a taiaha (long club fighting staff) in his left hand. He wears a korowai-ngore (cloak) featuring black twisted thrumbs and woollen pompoms. Other adornment includes feathers in his right ear and a greenstone (nephrite jade) hei-tiki pendant. Kuitia has a kauwae (traditional Maori woman's chin tattoo) and Hamaiti a moko (traditional Maori facial tattoo). A gourd to the left of Kuitia has a flax chord as a handle for carrying the vessel used to store water. Behind is a portion of a whare (house) and palisade fence.

Signed by Angas

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

Lithograph caption: ' "Pahoho" (Mat). Kutia. Wife of Rauparaha. Otaki. Hamiti. A Chief of Okahuhu.'
Plate title: 'Kutia and Hamaiti'
Plate: 4
Notes:

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Toa
Location:

Former Accession Number 1474