Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi (William Thompson) was the son of the Waikato chief Te Waharoa. He stands holding a tewhatewha (long handled fighting club) and wearing a korowai-ngore (cloak) with black twisted thrumbs and red woollen stitching that forms a border along its bottom edge and sides. He wears this over a white shirt, has a moko (traditional Maori facial tattoo), and a cluster of blue feathers in his right ear. After his father's death, Tamihana adopted the Christan name Wiremu Tamihana (William Thompson). In later years he strongly supported the Maori king movement and became known as 'Tamihana the King-Maker'. Endorsed by Tarapipipi's signature.

Signed by Angas

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

Lithograph caption: 'Tarapipipi. Son of principal Mata-Mata chief. Oct. 1844 (His own signature)'
Plate title: 'Wiremu Tamihana Tarapipipi Te Waharoa'
Plate: 43
Notes:

Iwi [Tribe]: Ngati Haua
Location: Matamata

Former Accession Number 1530(1)