Story: Tupaia

Chief mourner painting

Chief mourner painting

Dancer and costume of the Chief Mourner. Watercolour and pencil by Tupaia, 1769. 

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Reference: ADD MS 15508, folio 9

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Joan Druett. 'Tupaia', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 2017. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/6t2/tupaia (accessed 25 April 2024)