Head and shoulders portrait of a māori man, his hair in a tikitiki topknot with feathers and a bone comb, full facial moko, a greenstone earring, a tiki and a flax cloak. He has a small beard and a moustache. Most likely one of the men who visited the endeavour off whareongaonga, gisborne. Hand-colored engraving by thomas chambers after original artwork by sydney parkinson, a botanical artist on captain cook's 1st voyage to new zealand in 1769. From: parkinson, sydney. A journal of a voyage to the south seas. London, 1784, plate 16, opposite page 90. Date: published 1784; originally sketched in October 1769.
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