Gottfried Lindauer
Maori Children playing Knucklebones

Artwork Detail
Knucklebones is played by children the world over. The game is known to Māori as koruru or ruru and is usually played with five stones, but more can be used depending on the ability of the player. This painting is one of a series of genre scenes that Gottfried Lindauer painted to record Māori customs which were made to show alongside the portraits of Māori in the Partridge collection.
- Title
- Maori Children playing Knucklebones
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1907
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 1356 x 1835 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915
- Accession no
- 1915/2/21
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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