Te wainokenoke (seated), to the left of nohorua (with full moko and a grey beard). Behind the couple is nohorua's son, tuarau, standing wrapped in a blanket, ca 1844. Painting by george francis angas who records that the group is depicted 'in a potato ground, or clearing at kahotea, between takapuwahia and titahi bay - porirua; in the distance is a cooking shed, thatched with nikau leaves. The chief is seated by the trunk of a tree-fern, and the bird [near the supplejack] is. The fan-tailed fly catcher. E wai, was recovering from an illness at the time of my visit, and had therefore been placed under a tapu so strict, that every spot of ground whereon she sat was rendered sacred for a certain number of days; one of these tapued places is represented. Fenced around with twigs that its sanctity may not be infringed upon. '. Date: circa 1844.
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