Artist unknown :A New Zealand chief lying in state, surrounded by the heads of his enemies [1856]

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Title

Artist unknown :A New Zealand chief lying in state, surrounded by the heads of his enemies [1856]

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

Shows Upokia, a Whangarei chief, seated in death, his back against a carved pole (possibly a rendering of a canoe, simplified by the artist), skulls and other human bones at his side on a mat, a flax fence around him, with the preserved heads of other men impaled on poles holding up the fence. A mere and another weapon (a Marquesan club) are suspended from the fence. The chief is wearing two different fine cloaks, albatross feathers in his hair and ears and a garland of pink and white flowers...

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Format

Image

Date created

1856

Creator

Sainson, Louis Auguste de, 1800-

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23032858

Locations

Whangārei / Whangarei

Related subjects

Māori (New Zealand people) / Funeral customs and rites / Whakapono / Weapons, Māori / Toi moko / Whangārei

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