Description CHARLES FREDERICK GOLDIE (NEW ZEALAND 1870-1947) A Good Joke (1905) (Allee Same Te Pakeha, Te Aho Te Rangi Wharepu (1811–1910) in European Costume) signed and dated C.F. Goldie/Auckland, N.Z./1905 within the plate Chromolithograph 38 x 31.2 cm, (oval) Te Aho Rangi Wharepu was a veteran of the Battle of Rangiriri (1863) and chief of the Ngati Mahuta tribe. He had a substantial reputation as a canoe carver and tattoo specialist. He was also an authority on Maori mythology and history. The original painting is in the collection of Dunedin Public Art Gallery, New Zealand.
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