Reproduction Print Item Number: C1185 from the MOA: University of British Columbia

Description

Magazine reproduction of a 1902 oil painting of a Maori woman, Ina Te Papatahiy. The woman portrayed is an elderly Maori woman with chin tattoos (moko), smoking a pipe. She wears a yellow scarf and a greenstone earring. Green background. Off-white border with printed information above and below.

History Of Use

Print reproduction of a photograph showing a 1902 oil painting by Charles Goldie (photographer not listed). Printing at the top says "Supplement to 'New Zealand Illustrated' Christmas number of 'The Press' 1929. The painting is of a Maori woman, Ina Te Papatahiy; the magazine print is titled "Sophia".

Narrative

Presumed to have been collected by the donor from the "New Zealand Illustrated" magazine; supplement printed in 1929.