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Tumai Tawhiti; C.F. Goldie (1870-1947), NZ; 1913; 1956.018

Tumai Tawhiti; C.F. Goldie (1870-1947), NZ; 1913; 1956.018
Name/Title
Tumai Tawhiti
About this object
Tumai Tawhiti (Ngati Raukawa, Te Arawa) was born in 1812 in the Bay of Plenty. As a warrior he was fully tattooed by the age of twenty-four.

This work was painted as a companion to Memories. The Last of her Tribe also in Aigantighe’s collection.

It was reproduced in New Zealand Painting: A Concise History by Michael Dunn.
Maker
C.F. Goldie (1870-1947), NZ
Date Made
1913
Medium and Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
77 x 63.5 cm
Collection
Aigantighe Art Gallery Collection
Credit Line
Given by the South Canterbury Arts Society in 1956.
Object Type
Painting
Object number
1956.018

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