Original Watercolour
There is one original watercolour within this frame.

Notes: This detail from the door of a whata (elevated storehouse) came from the Hokianga district. Central to this detail is a carved figure with a moko (traditional Maori facial tattoo) and holding a putorino (flute). This figure is surrounded by mania heads (guardians) inlaid with paua (sea snail) shell eyes and takarangi spirals along its edge. The carving pattern is referred to as raupongo.

Signed by Angas (F very faint)

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

Lithograph caption: 'Door of a whata. (Hokianga.)'
Plate title: 'Carving on whata door'
Plate: 46
Notes: Plate size 37.5x26.5cm (larger than original).

Iwi [Tribe]:
Location: Hokianga

Former Accession Number 1521