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‘Mungakahu and his wife, Ko Mari’

‘Mungakahu and his wife, Ko Mari’

‘Mungakahu and his wife, Ko Mari’

This portrait by George French Angas, done in the 1840s, shows a chief of Motupoi , 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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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: PUBL-0014-27
Hand-coloured lithograph by George French Angas

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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