While recovering from illness, Tuai drew this detailed sketch of his older brother’s facial moko. Remembering and drawing Korokoro’s face made him seem close when Tuai was in danger of dying in a foreign land.
Tāngia te kōrero katoa
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Auckland City Libraries – Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero, Sir George Grey Special Collections
Reference:
799-GNZMMS-147-5
Permission of Auckland City Libraries Tāmaki Pātaka Kōrero must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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