Gottfried Lindauer
Maoris Plaiting Flax Baskets
Artwork Detail
Arts Patron Henry Partridge built up an unrivalled collection of paintings by the Bohemian-born Lindauer, which he presented to the people of the Auckland province in 1915. Part of that gift includes a series of large-scale genre scenes dealing with traditional customs and activities from everyday life. Kono or food baskets and kete, near completion, are being woven from harakeke or indigenous flax.
- Title
- Maoris Plaiting Flax Baskets
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1903
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 2175 x 2650 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, gift of Mr H E Partridge, 1915
- Accession no
- 1915/2/63
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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