Live Auction 7652Exploration and Travel
Charles Frederick Goldie (1870-1947)
Lot 41 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

Charles Frederick Goldie (1870-1947)

"Memories" -- Tamaiti Tukino, a Chieftainess of the Ngatituwharetoa tribe (aged 95 years)

Closed25 September 2008

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GBP 37,250

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Charles Frederick Goldie (1870-1947)
"Memories" -- Tamaiti Tukino, a Chieftainess of the Ngatituwharetoa tribe (aged 95 years)
signed 'C.F. Goldie' (upper left)
oil on panel
7 7/8 x 5 7/8in. (20.1 x 15cm.)

with John Leech, Auckland, December 1919.
Anon. sale, Christie's, 21 Sept. 2000, lot 61 (£16,450).

Specialist note

A typed inscription on a fragment of a detached John Leech gallery label, which accompanies the lot, describes the subject: 'TAMAITI TUKINO, A Chieftainess of the NGATITUWHARETOA TRIBE (aged 95 years) lived at TOKAANU, LAKE TAUPO, a descendant of the very noted Chief TE HEU HEU of the great ARAWA TRIBE. The background [is] of RAUPO, a reed used for house building. Dress A KOROWAI mat, Neck ornament. A Greenstone HEI TIKI. Ear pendant of Greenstone.'