The Tohunga Ta Moko
Maker
Robley, Horatio Gordon
Current rights
Public Domain
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About this object
Watercolour on paper of a man receiving a moko outside a whare by a tohunga tā moko. Another man sits to the left holding a taiaha. The work is similar to Gottfried Lindauer's 1915 painting titled 'Tohunga ta moko at work'. Signed. Undated.
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Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
Height x Width: 167 x 204mm
Signature/Inscription
G. Robley, Signature, Handwritten
Copied from Lindauer/ The 'Tohunga Ta Moko'/ priest or learned in tattooing/ at work, Inscription, Handwritten
MMC805/ O/630, Inscription, Handwritten
Copied from Lindauer/ The 'Tohunga Ta Moko'/ priest or learned in tattooing/ at work, Inscription, Handwritten
MMC805/ O/630, Inscription, Handwritten
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Current rights
Credit line
gifted by Lady Florence Maclean
Other number(s)
MMC805, 6227
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