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The lettering on verso reads: ‘Te Kuha was a carver of note besides warrior. He watched for any signs of witchcraft (makutu) in the drawing – the crowd around shouted at the tattoo lines being done correctly and each pattern – hair perpetually placed out from tattooing. Captain Gilbert Mair N. Z. C. chieftain in Arawa tribe wrote me Oct. 1923 the Maori thought my knowledge of the most interesting custom of their ancestors “priest like”’.
Title
Te Kuha: A Carver and Warrior
Medium
watercolour on paper (?)
Measurements
H 29.3 x W 22.8 cm
Accession number
533449i
Acquisition method
presumed to be part of the collection formed by Henry S. Wellcome
Work type
Watercolour
Wellcome Collection
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