Gottfried Lindauer
Haora Tipa Koinaki
Artwork Detail
Haora Tipa Koinaki was a staunch fighting chief from Thames and is remembered as a quiet man. His hei tiki conforms to traditional forms yet it is not known whether this ornament belonged to Koinaki. In contrast to women, few men are depicted wearing hei tiki in the Gallery’s collection of Māori portraits. In 1919 a commentator had this to say: ‘As woman is the bearer of man, it is proper that women only should wear the Tiki; this, with few eccentric exceptions, she does.’
- Title
- Haora Tipa Koinaki
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- Unknown
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 768 x 664 x 50 mm
- Inscription
- G. Lindauer (l.r.). (reverse) Haora Tipi Koinaki.
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915
- Accession no
- 1915/2/5
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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