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Te tangi o te pipiwhararua. (The song of the shining cuckoo) from a poem by Tangirau Hotere.
This is one of McCahon's major works of the mid-1970s, along with the Urewera Mural, the Blind series, and the Parihaka Triptych. It has several motivations and triggers. The primary one is the shining cuckoo's song, spoken of in a Maori poem passed…
Sketch of a Maori policeman. 1850.
Lower left (l.l.) in pencil: Sketch of a Maori Policeman; l.r. in pencil: C.C. Clarke del. 4/5/50 … [illeg]; l.c. in ink in Dr Hocken’s hand: A Maori policeman. Drawn by C.C. Clarke 4.5.50 ? T.M. Hocken; verso: New Zealand as it is; label in ink…
Design from Maori carving.
Margin below image l.c. in iron gall ink: To Tommy Tucker, Esq.re of Delhi House, Charlton, Kent, the following story is dedicated in affectionate remembrance of the many hours spent in his society by his friend and relative W.D. Timefuze; margin…
Advent of the Maori, Christmas, A.D. 1000.
Lower right (l.r.) in ink: T.M. Hocken.