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"Pare Watene," Gottfried Lindauer, 1878.

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Lindauer (1839-1926) was born in Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) but moved to New Zealand in 1874. He became a popular artist with the Maori and received many commissions from the chieftains, in large part because of his accurate, non-sensational, unromanticized depiction of their tattoos, clothing, ornaments, and weapons. Today he is regarded as one of New Zealand's great artists and a major Western chronicler of Maori culture.

Not much is known of Pare Watene, except that she was a noted beauty among the Maori.

From the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, Wellington.

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