Charles Frederick Goldie (1870-1947)

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.'