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Curator Paul Diamond on why a collection of watercolours painted from 1843 to 1845 by an English Quaker and potential colonist, is exclusively of Māori subjects – the exhibition is called 'Head and shoulders: Portraits by Isaac Coates'.
Head and shoulders profile portrait of a young Maori man, from Motueka, dressed in European clothes. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Era. A lad of the Motawaka tribe, 19 years of age. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-008. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23069528
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Wiremu Katene te Puoho, also known as te Manu or Manu, son of te Puoho o te Rangi and Kauhae of Ngati Tama tribe, and chief of one of the pa in the Whakapuaka district in the 1840s. Shown in European dress. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac], 1808-1878 :E Manu. Chief - Wauka pa Wauka. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-001. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22468794
Head and shoulders profile portrait of E Piko, chief of Motueka pa, wearing a kiwi feather cloak. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :E Piko. Kafia chief. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-006. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23235473
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Ngati Tama leader Paremata te Wahapiro, Te Kiore, from Whakapuaka, near Nelson. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :E Piro. Wauka pa Wauka. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-002. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23115454
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Honiana te Puni, paramount chief of Wellington district and signatory to the Treaty of Waitangi. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :E Puna of Petoni, an ally chief of the inhabitants of Port Nicholson, has ever been remarkable for his attachment to the whites. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-016. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23134701
Head and shoulders profile of Maori chief, Rino, with peacock feather above forehead, red ruff, and black cloak. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac], 1808-1878 :Erino, Massacre Bay. [1843?].. Ref: A-114-052. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23035550
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori man, from Wakapuaka pa, near Nelson. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Iwikau. Wauka pa Wauka. Remarkable for his piety. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-004. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22299081
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori woman with baby in red cap asleep on her back. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Hingatu and child. Iwikau's wife. As they appeared at the ceremony of Baptism. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-005. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22899882
Head and shoulders profile portrait apparently of a tattooed Maori man, or possibly a woman. If the subject is a man, he could be Punga of Queen Charlotte Sound; if a woman, she could be Pane Waka. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Panni. Chief of the tribe at Queen Charlotte's sound, has two daughters married to Englishmen. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-018. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23093892
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Piki Warra, principal chief of Motueka pa. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878: Piki Warsa. Chief of Motuwaka. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-007. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23010064
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori man, probably of Motueka and a past student of Rev. C.Reay. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Piki. Kohiri tribe. Rather a genius well versed in reading and writing. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-010. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22775518
Head and shoulders profile portrait of a Maori man, possibly Wiremu Potiki, of Queen Charlotte Sound, who signed the Treaty of Waitangi. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Pitoki. Queen Charlotte's Sound. One of the Council of the tribe at Queen Charlotte's Sound. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-019. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23158957
Head and shoulders profile portrait of a Maori woman in European clothes, wife of William Wright, licence holder of the Nelson Hotel, 1842-1846. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Potie. Port Nicholson. [Mistress of W.H.Wright, merchant of Nelson. 1842 or 1843?]. Ref: A-286-017. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22860967
Head and shoulders profile portrait of a wife of Te Rangihaeata, named only as "E Ranguera", or Te Rangiuira, as it should be formed. Probably of Ngati Toa and/ or Ngati Raukawa descent. There is no evidence to suggest that this is the wife Te Rongo who was killed at the Wairau Affair 1843. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :E Ranguera. Rangiahaeta's wife. The woman that was killed at the "Wiaroi". [1843?]. Ref: A-286-015. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22710428
Head and shoulders profile portrait of te Rangihaeata, Ngati Toa leader & warrior, wearing a peacock feather. Probably depicted in Nelson between 10 & 14 March 1843. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :[Rangihaeata, Rauparaha's fighting general. 1843?]. Ref: A-286-014. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23144352
Profile head and torso portrait of Te Rauparaha, a fighting chief of the Ngati Toa tribe. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Rau-pa-ra-ha [1843?]. Ref: A-286-020. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22809854
Head and shoulders profile portrait of the Ngati Toa war chief Te Rauparaha wearing an albatross feather (pohoi toroa) earring in his left ear. Almost certainly drawn in Nelson between 10 & 14 March 1843. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Rauparaha. Chief Capiti. &c. &c. Principal chief of all New Zealand. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-012. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22573539
Head and shoulder portrait of Maori chief and warrior Te Rauparaha, in profile. He wears an albatross-feather ear adornment, a feather in his hair and a cloak. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Rauparaha. Kafia Chief [1843?]. Ref: A-255-018. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22860474
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Pipi Kutia, stepdaughter & wife of Te Rauparaha. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. Date: 1843 [Coates, Isaac], 1808-1878 :Cootia. Rauparaha's head wife. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-013. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22734354
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori man, Rupene (Reuben or Rupert), from Wakapuaka pa, north of Nelson. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. Date: 1843 [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Rupene. Wauka pa Wauka. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-003. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23011837
Head and shoulders profile portrait of Maori chief, probably from Te Rauparaha's "Kawhia" tribe, wearing striped shirt and shark's tooth ear pendant. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :Takup. Kafia. A noted cannibal. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-011. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22681369
Head and shoulders profile portrait of an unidentified Maori youth, attending Charles Reay's school for Maori students, which opened in Nelson in April 1843. Coates, Isaac, 1808-1878. [Coates, Isaac] 1808-1878 :A Youth of the Motuwaka tribe studying with the Rev. C. Reay for the Ministry. [1843?]. Ref: A-286-009. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22310781
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