Wikimedia Commons

File:Rangi-Hira (Flash of Lightning), the wife of the chief Rangihaeta, watercolour by Richard Aldworth Oliver.jpg

Original file ‎(1,080 × 700 pixels, file size: 84 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Description

Oliver, Richard Aldworth 1811-1889 :Rangi-Hira (Flash of Lightning), the wife of the chief Rangihaeta. [1851?]. Reference Number: C-054-020 Shows Rangihaeata seated in the centre of a group of 4 women, while one bearded man (possibly Te Rakaherea, a cousin and close companion ) stands behind the group. In the right foreground is a spherical iron cooking pot. In the left background is a tree with forked base, showing a whare behind it. In the centre background is a cabbage tree, and there is a flax plant beside the group of women. In the distance is a hilly coastline, perhaps the Paekakariki coast. The young woman leaning against Rangihaeata's left shoulder appears to have a baby tucked under her shawl.The clothing of the group varies. One woman wears a dark layered feather cloak; another wears what appears to be a red blanket. The old woman wears a light-coloured cloak and a dress of patterned fabric. Key terms: 1 image, categorised under Group portraits, Watercolours and Ethnographic images, related to Madeleine McClintock, Rangihera, G C S Oliver, d Te Rangihaeata, Richard Aldworth Oliver, Goodman Fielder Wattie New Zealand Ltd, Paekakariki, Ngati Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngati Toa, Maori - Food, Maori - Clothing, Papakainga and Flax. Part of: Oliver, Richard Aldworth 1811-1889 :Rangi-Hira (Flash of Lightning), the wife of the chief Rangihaeta. [1851?]., Reference Number C-054-020 (1 digitised items) Extent: 1 watercolour(s)Watercolour, 310 x 480 mm (sight).. Horizontal imageSingle art work Historical Notes: The identity of Rangi-Hira is uncertain. Compare with Isaac Coates' portrait of E Ranguera (possibly a.k.a. Te Rongo), also a wife of Rangihaeata. Te Rongo was killed at Wairau in 1843. Another wife of chiefly status was Te Pikinga. The woman variously described by Oliver as 'Rangihera' and 'Rangihira', presumably the young woman leaning on Rangihaeata's shoulder to the right, with a baby (or arguably a dot of paint) visible under her shawl, may be Rangihaeata's niece, Rangiuira of Kapiti Island, wife of David Brown, a farmer of Kapiti. Conditions governing access to original: Not restricted Other copies available: File PrintIn Drawings & Prints under Artist/Title (DFP-001473) Inscriptions: Inscribed - Verso - centre: Rangi heara; Verso - centre: Rangi-hira / Flash of Lightning [both bracketed to] Rangihaeta's wife

Usage: You can search, browse, print and download items from this website for research and personal study. You are welcome to reproduce the above image(s) on your blog or another website, but please maintain the integrity of the image (i.e. don't crop, recolour or overprint it), reproduce the image's caption information and link back to here (http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=11584). If you would like to use the above image(s) in a different way (e.g. in a print publication), or use the transcription or translation, permission must be obtained. More information about copyright and usage can be found on the Copyright and Usage page of the NLNZ web site.
Date
Source Alexander Turnbull Library
Author Richard Aldworth Oliver
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain

This work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 70 years or fewer.

You must also include a United States public domain tag to indicate why this work is in the public domain in the United States. Note that a few countries have copyright terms longer than 70 years: Mexico has 100 years, Jamaica has 95 years, Colombia has 80 years, and Guatemala and Samoa have 75 years. This image may not be in the public domain in these countries, which moreover do not implement the rule of the shorter term. Honduras has a general copyright term of 75 years, but it does implement the rule of the shorter term. Copyright may extend on works created by French who died for France in World War II (more information), Russians who served in the Eastern Front of World War II (known as the Great Patriotic War in Russia) and posthumously rehabilitated victims of Soviet repressions (more information).

This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current06:07, 26 March 2017Thumbnail for version as of 06:07, 26 March 20171,080 × 700 (84 KB)KAVEBEAR (talk | contribs)

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:Rangi-Hira_(Flash_of_Lightning),_the_wife_of_the_chief_Rangihaeta,_watercolour_by_Richard_Aldworth_Oliver.jpg&oldid=513767293"