This portrait by George French Angas, done in the 1840s, shows a chief of Motupoi pā, by Lake Rotoaira in the central North Island. His weapon is adorned with feathers, and his wife appears to be wearing a pōhoi toroa (albatross-feather earring).
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Hand-coloured lithograph by George French Angas
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