Charles F Goldie
Sweet Idleness
Artwork Detail
Rahapa Hinetapu was a Te Arawa chieftainess. Her earrings or kuru-pounamu are made from New Zealand greenstone and Māori women wore these as part of their daily dress. The shape is that of the inanga or the indigenous whitebait; a juvenile fish and appreciated delicacy to Māori and Pakeha.
A hole bored at the top of the earrings also doubled as an eye as well as an attachment for a suspension cord. (Chic Colonials: Ataahua, 2003)
- Title
- Sweet Idleness
- Artist/creator
- Production date
- 1935
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 406 x 358 mm
- Credit line
- Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, on loan from a private collection
- Accession no
- L1999/8
- Copyright
- Copying restrictions apply
- Department
- New Zealand Art
- Display status
- Not on display
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