Mokamokai 1

Robley No. 1

AMNH Collection 80.0–624

Provenance

Purchased at the Sale of the late Dr Paterson's (Bridge of Allan) Collection, Edinburgh; 28th November 1898. [Lot 478] No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “Mr Russell … wrote me there was a sale of Dr Paterson's famous Colln at Edinburgh 26th Nov I was up at once/ to see lot 478, Maori chief's head & comb. Sir. Wm Turner of [British] Museum & very many others bid for it … but as my order was to buy I got it — I waited in the sale from 12 to 3.30 when it fell to me … I also got a stone Maori spear head [and] some axes … of some South Island stone, found by a Mr Eliot near Wairau.” [Robley-Hocken: 1898. Hocken Library/ MS1 488.]

“As soon as it became mine, to the astonishment of the sale room bidders I hongi'ed it, explaining the rubbing of noses was a correct greeting — it was exhibited at the Northern Club, thence by night mail to London. To study its points page 128 was natural, but not to the ticket inspector on way, whose wondering face when he looked in, was a brief study of astonishment.” [Robley: n/d. VUW Fildes 1507]

“The operators in Moko were generally professional artists who worked for hire, and their different degrees of excellence were as well known as that of painters among the moderns; and they were in fact regarded by their less able countrymen as men of great talent and repute — “[Robley. AMNH Sheet/1]

Mokamokai 2

Robley No. 2

AMNH Collection 80.0–625

Provenance

Purchased at the sale of the Wallace Collection; at Distinction, Cumberland.

No History. (see notes)

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “No 24 Urukehu, fair type Maori, the design on upper parts of the nose NGU in progress on right side …” [Robley (w/c) AIM PD48/22]

“Head of a young man, moko in progress — bought [sic.] to England, 1835.” [Robley (w/c) Cant. Mm. E-121-9/No. 9]

Mokamokai 3

Robley No. 3

AMNH Collection 80.0-626

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum, Guys Hospital.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley: 1896] figure 92.

Mokamokai 4

Robley No. 4

AMNH Collection 80.0-627

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum, St Thomas' Hospital, London. c. 1896.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Mokamokai 5

Robley No. 5

AMNH Collection 80.0-628*

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum, Kings College, London. 1984.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks [Robley. AMNH sheet/5]

*Notes: D. R. Simmons identifies this Head as AMNH no. 80.0–645. [Simmons: 1982. p. 271] Details on the AMNH Catalogue Card however, as well as among Robley's notes and drawings, are not consistent with this identification.

Reproductions

“Maori Art; Part IV” [Hamilton: 1896] page 315 (top left)

[Note added by NZETC as annotator:]

Description: A black and white sketch of a mokamokai Hocken Library; MI 488 p. 166A.

This image is not available for public viewing as it depicts either mokamokai (preserved heads) or human remains. The reasons for non-display are detailed in the policy regarding display of images of mokamokai. If you would like to comment on this decision you can contact NZETC.

Tiwhana AIM MS256 R66

Mokamokai 6

Robley No. 6

AMNH Collection 80.0–649*

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum, Guys Hospital, London, 1894.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

*Notes: D. R. Simmons identifies this as AMNH no. 80.0–628. [Simmons: 1982. p. 270] Details on the AMNH Catalogue Card however, (as well as among Robley's many notes and drawings) are not consistent with this identification.

Mokamokai 7

Robley No. 7

AMNH Collection 80.0–654*

Provenance

Purchased from the sale of Dr. Meetham's Collection; Devonport, 1899.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks [Robley. AMNH Sheet/17]

*Notes: D. R. Simmons identifies this Head as AMNH no. 80.0–624. [Simmons: 1982. p. 270] Details on the AMNH Catalogue Card however, (as well as among Robley's many notes and drawings) are not consistent with this identification.

Mokamokai 8

Robley No. 8

AMNH Collection 80.0–629

Provenance

Purchased from a Private Collection, 1894.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing.” [Robley: 1896] figure 142.

Mokamokai 9

Robley No. 4

AMNH Collection 80.0-630

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum, Guys Hospital, London, 1894.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: This Head has a label attached, reading: “The Convert”.

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley: 1896] figure 165.

Mokamokai 10

Robley No. 10

AMNH Collection 80.0-[655]*

Provenance

Purchased from Museum, Kings College, London

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

*Notes: D. R. Simmons' entry for AMNH No. 80.0–630 [Simmons: 1982. p. 270] is a combination of Robley No. 9 and No. 10.

“Robley's number ten seems still to be floating in limbo.” [Philip Gifford (AMNH): 1984 Personal Correspondence.]

Reproductions

• “Maori Art; Part IV”. [Hamilton: 1896] page 315 (bottom left).

• “The Maori in European Art”. [Bell: 1980] plate 62.

• “Moko; or Maori Art”. [Robley: 1896] figure 97 (kauae).

Mokamokai 11

Robley No. 11

AMNH Collection 80.0-631

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum, Kings College, London.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley: 1986] figure 141.

Mokamokai 12

Robley No. 12

AMNH Collection 80.0-653

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum, Guys Hospital, c. 1894.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Reproductions

• “Maori Art; Part IV”. [Hamilton: 1896] page 313.

• “The Long White Cloud; Ao-tea-roa”. [Reeves: 1898].

• “Moko; or Maori tattooing”. [Robley: 1896] figure 11.

Mokamokai 13

Robley No. 13

AMNH Collection 80.0–648

Provenance

Purchased from the F. W. Lucas Collection.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley: 1896] figure 138.

Mokamokai 14

Robley No. 14

AMNH Collection 80.0-645*

Provenance

Obtained from the Museum, St Bartholemews Hospital (in exchange for another).

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

*Notes: D. R. Simmons does not agree with this identification. [Simmons: 1982. p. 271] It is probable that the Head he catalogues as AMNH no. 80.0-628 is this one, although there are a number of differences in the details given.

Reproductions

• “Maori Art; Part IV”. [Hamilton: 1896] page 315 (top right).

• “The Magazine of Art”. October, 1897.

Mokamokai 15

Robley No. 15

AMNH Collection [80.0– ?]

It has not been possible to identify this Mokamokai.

Reproduced below are Robley's notes relating to this Head. (He provided the American Museum of Natural History with similar details for each of the Mokamokai they purchased.)

The system of nomenclature Robley was using at the time he compiled these notes differs from his later system, that employed throughout this Thesis. The terms Putaringa and PU should be read as Paepae and Putaringa respectively. (see page 111)

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[Note added by NZETC as annotator:]

Description: A black and white sketch of a mokamokai Hocken Library MI 488 (iii).

This image is not available for public viewing as it depicts either mokamokai (preserved heads) or human remains. The reasons for non-display are detailed in the policy regarding display of images of mokamokai. If you would like to comment on this decision you can contact NZETC.

Mokamokai 16

Robley No. 16

AMNH Collection 80.0–632

Provenance

Purchased (privately) from an old collection (see notes).

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “Amongst finds was one at a Carpenter's in North London, who advertised a Dyak's head — he stated this had been brought over years ago by a sea captain in the family — it had been dipped into tar or varnish of some sort which came away under my treatment. The tattooing to one who knew was recognised at once — it has been shown at small reunions or so; no one seemed wiser — perhaps because it had a ring of thin iron wire through the septum of the nose.” [Robley: n/d VUW Fildes 1507]

Mokamokai 17

Robley No. 17

AMNH Collection 80.0–633

Provenance

Obtained from the British Museum.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Reproductions

“Maori Art; Part IV”. [Hamilton: 1896] page 315 (bottom right).

Mokamokai 18

Robley No. 18

AMNH Collection 80.0–634

Provenance

Obtained from the Lancashire & Cheshire Historical Society; August, 1900 (by exchange).

No History before 1850, when it was presented to the L & C Historical Society.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Mokamokai 19

Robley No. 19

AMNH Collection 80.0–643

Provenance

Obtained from an old collection; purchased out of asle catalogue.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Mokamokai 20

Robley No. 20

AMNH Collection [80.0–655]

It has not been possible to identify this Mokamokai.

Reproduced below are Robley's notes relating to this Head. (He provided the American Museum of Natural History with similar details for each of the Mokamokai they purchased.)

The system of nomenclature Robley was using at the time he compiled these notes (1907) differs from his later system, that employed throughtout this Thesis. The term Putaringa should be read as PAEPAE. (see page 111)

Mokamokai 21

Robley No. 21

AMNH Collection [80.0–656]

Provenance

Obtained from a Private Collection, 1905.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: Robley often used the central motif from the left paepae of this Head as a unit for an invented kowhaiwhai design.

Mokamokai 22

Robley No. 22

AMNH Collection 80.0–635

Provenance

Obtained from Manchester (ex: Wallace Collection) c. 1899.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “Somehow the quest led to occassional comic scenes — such as on hearing there was a head for sale in Manchester, I bought the address for £2 from a dealer in London, to whom it had been refused, travelled up with cash and arrived anxiously at 8 am following day — a cup of tea was given; the master of the house not yet dressed — asked from upstairs, “who is there?”. “Gentleman from London about that head.” “Oh, tell him I want no cheques,” but he came down and coin was accepted — Delighted not to have been in an useless raid the prize was taken to Liverpool, where my full collection was at the Museum, on exhibit.”

[Robley: n/d. VUW Fildes 1507]

Mokamokai 23

Robley No. 23

AMNH Collection 80.0–644

Provenance

Obtained from the Museum, University College.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley: 1986] figure 148 (photo).

Mokamokai 24

Robley No. 24

AMNH Collection 80.0–636

Provenance

Purchased from Mr. Stedman, St Leonards (inheritor of head).

Ex: Hartley Collection

No History (see notes)

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “[this Head had] been in [a] glass case for years — hair had been destroyed by moths — was impossible to collect again, in powder almost.” [Robley. AMNH Sheet/24]

Mokamokai 25

Robley No. 25

AMNH Collection 80.0–641

Provenance

Obtained from a Private Collection.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Titi design
National Museum of New Zealand; Ethnology Dept

Mokamokai 26

Robley No. [26]*

AMNH Collection 80.0–646

Provenance

Purchased at the Sale of the Wallace Collection — at Distinction, Cumberland.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

*Notes: ‘Robley Sheet/26’ (which would detail Mokamokai No. 26 in Robley's Collection) is missing, making a positive identification of the Head impossible. The Head represented here is identified by Robley as being from the Wallace Collection, a fact also noted on the AMNH Accession Card 80.0–646. The latter also records the fact that the Mokamokai in question was originally known as “Robley Collection #26.”

Robley considered the designs near the left ear to be similar to those drawn in Te Pehi Kupe's ‘self portrait’ This perceived likeness is probably the reason Robley, in some renditions of this Head, incorporated a vertical bar in the centre of the left paepae design. The drawings which include this element are probably more correct.

Mokamokai 27

Robley No. 27

AMNH Collection 80.0–637

Provenance

Purchased from Mr Stackpool O'Dell, London, 1893 (see notes). No History (see notes).

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: This was the first Head Robley acquired (in Britain). “From the top of a bus … a phrenologist in Brompton Road was seen arranging his window. Here was a Maori head on view outside … result, it was secured at a price …” [Robley: n/d VUW Fildes 1507]

This Head was exhibited, and lectured on, at Selkirk, Scotland over the Christmas period, 1893–94. Robley was to have given the lecture, at the Selkirk Volunteer Hall, but was detained in London with an illness. His old military friend, Provost Craig-Brown, read the lecture notes in his place.

“There was also exhibited a clever sketch of the head in black and white on a scale large enough to permit of the tattooed lines being seen clarely from the furthest end of the hall.” [Newspaper report (no source): 1894 ATL MS16/4]

“The lecture and the notes you added came into the hands of Sir Walter Butler … who … hunted me up to see the head & I gave him a printed copy of the lecture itself … He gave me the following particulars, viz the head was that of one of the Ngaiterangi, Bay of Plenty; that, besides the Kauri & Rimu which give the darkest pigments, the bluest was obtained from the “Koromiko”, a species of beronica — or else the vegetable caterpillar “aweto” was used.” [Robley-Craig Brown: c.1895 ATL MS16/4]

Reproductions

• “Moko, or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figures 134 & 144.

• “Provincial Medical Journal”. February, 1894.

Mokamokai 28

Robley No. 28

AMNH Collection [80.0–638]

Provenance

Obtained from a Private Collection, 1894.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley: 1896] figures 81 & 137.

Mokamokai 29

Robley No. 29

AMNH Collection 80.0–639

Provenance

Obtained from a Collector at Sheffield.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figures 61, 96 & 136.

[Note added by NZETC as annotator:]

Description: “Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. figure 136.

This image is not available for public viewing as it depicts either mokamokai (preserved heads) or human remains. The reasons for non-display are detailed in the policy regarding display of images of mokamokai. If you would like to comment on this decision you can contact NZETC.

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[Note added by NZETC as annotator:]

Description: A black and white sketch of a mokamokai American Museum of Natural History.

This image is not available for public viewing as it depicts either mokamokai (preserved heads) or human remains. The reasons for non-display are detailed in the policy regarding display of images of mokamokai. If you would like to comment on this decision you can contact NZETC.

paepae designs: National Museum of New Zealand; Ethnology Dept.

Mokamokai 30

Robley No. 30

AMNH Collection 80.0–652*

Provenance

Purchased from the Museum, St Georges Hospital, 1895 (see notes).

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

*Notes: D.R. Simmons does not agree with this identification. [Simmons: 1982. p. 272.] It is based on a general concurrence in detail between the AMNH Catalogue Card and Robley's drawings and notes.

“Another discovery, bought at a Hospital, had a hair cut very short (with a shell) all over except one long lock on the left side … [Having been] informed by a Doctor that he remembered a tattooed head in St Georges Hospital, I asked for permission to draw it and then later approached the authority to purchase it — giving in a copy of my Book “Moko” to prove it was for scientific purpose. The 2 guinea book sold me, for Sir [Isanubard] Owen reading the rarity and value therein asserted — remarked [that] if I had taken it away it would not have been missed, “But if you want it now, after declaring rarity, it is £50 to our funds kept up by voluntary contributions.” It was a treasure.” [Robley: n/d VUW Fildes 1507]

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figure 166.

Mokamokai 31

Robley No. 31

AMNH Collection 80.0–640

Provenance

Obtained from the Museum, Historical Society of Lancashire & Yorkshire.

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Mokamokai 32

Robley No. 32

AMNH Collection 80.0-647

Provenance

Obtained in 1904, when the Chichester Museum was broken up. (It had been presented to that Museum in 1854 by Mr T. Humphrey, who had inherited it.)

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

“Young man, wild unkempt hair, deep healed up tattoos Al teeth, tattoos about the same amount on both sides … curious variation (rerepehi) yet there is not evidence of any hurried work.”

[Robley-MacDonald: n/d NMNZ Ethn. MS]

Reproductions

“Otago Daily Times” 30 November, 1903 (J. MacDonald copy, after Robley.)

Mokamokai 33

Robley No. 33

AMNH Collection 80.0-642

Provenance

Obtained from Prof. Jonathon Hutchinson F.R.S. L.L.D, Haslemere. (Exchanged for a Burmese silver bowl.)

No History.

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “At another time a famous specialist on leprosy gave me an [invitation to] a day at his place at Haslemere when members of a medical congress went by special train — lo and behold [there] was a Tukipu, that is a fully chiselled man. It was impossible to tempt the owner and some plan had to be pondered over — thought of burglary, [I] might be forgiven [as] a collector. Reading in an advertisement that a lady possessing a large Burmese silver bowl had it for sale, but would only show by appointment — it was seen at S. Kensington refreshment room, rare work of some cunning worker … now I could offer the wife of my rich friend another beauty in exchange for art. The silver page 162 font was taken down by the celebrity himself — pleased, and was accepted for the head, now to be removed and brought up to town.” [Robley: n/d VUW Fildes 1507]

“Resembles figure 22 in Book ‘Moko’ the portrait of a young warrior killed at the Gate Pa — 1864 … Te Kani.” [Robley (w/c) VUW Fildes NZ Portfolio/1]

Reproductions

• “Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figures 74, 80, 93 & 140.

• “Science Gossip” [Periodical] 1898.

Mokamokai 34

Robley No. [N/A]

AMNH Collection 80.0-657

Provenance

Obtained from J.W. Colmer Collection.

Sold to AMNH Collection, 1907.

Moko

Very little, mainly tiwhana & nose designs.

Remarks

“Moka Mokai (18) of a boy, untattooed — head preserved by friends, but fell into hands of traders, who incised some patterns on the dry skin. Capt. Cook 1777 took 2 young boys “Kokoa” a young chief and an attendant away on voyage.” [label, from inside head]

Notes: The Mokamokai was severely damaged, the entire lower portion of the head having been removed.

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figure 147.

Mokamokai 35 (infant)

Robley No. [N/A]

AMNH Collection 80.0-658

Provenance

not known

Sold to AMNH, 1907.

Moko

not tattooed.

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figure 135.

Mokamokai 36

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

ex: Robley Collection.

No History.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “I kept 5 beauties [after sale of collection to New York], one is “Tiu” type — long black hair, red beard, hooked nose.” [Robley-Hocken: c. 1909 Hocken Library MS1 488]

Robley usually referred to this head as ‘the Jewish type’; Tiu is a transliteration of Jew.

Mokamokai 37

Salford Museum Collection*

Provenance

ex: Robley Collection.

No History.

Moko

Remarks

*Notes: In Robley's own copy of “Moko: Or Maori Tattooing”, now in the Hocken Library Collection [Ml 488], the caption for figure 143 has been altered. The printed note, “in Author's Collection” has been crossed out and replaced with a manuscript note, “No. 2. Salford Museum.”

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figures 75, 79, 143.

Mokamokai 38

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

ex: Robley Collection (purchased c. 1916)*

No History

Moko

Remarks

*Notes: In a letter to Alexander Turnbull, dated 9th November, 1916, Robley refers to this Mokamokai as “[my] latest head.” [Robley-Turnbull: 1916 ATL MS57/77]

Mokamokai 39

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

ex: Robley Collection.

No History.

Moko

Remarks

titi, paepae and kauae designs
Auckland Institute & Museum MS256 R66

Mokamokai 40

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

Sold at Stevens', London — 1/11/1921 (lot 347) £40. (see notes)

No History.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: This head was not in Robley's Collection. He saw, and drew, it at Stevens' Auction Rooms in 1921. Robley and Henry Stevens were close friends, the latter being the photographer responsible for many of the photographs of Robley with his collection.

Mokamokai 41

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

Unknown.

Moko

Remarks

none.

Notes: The drawing reproduced is the only representation Robley made of this moko. It is possible that the designs are Robley's invention, although their unfinished state would suggest otherwise.

The ‘map-like’ nature of the drawing is similar to others of Mokamokai Robley viewed at sales in the last twenty years of his life. It is most probable that it arises from such an encounter.

Mokamokai 42

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

Offered for Sale; London, 1923 (£ 100)*

No History

Moko

Remarks

“Map of a Maori Head of a young man; in progress of incisions … of course head shows the invariable rule of different designs near ears R & L.” [Robley (sketch) VUW Fildes Collection/10]

*Notes: This Head was not in Robley's Collection. He probably drew this ‘Moko Map’ when he viewed it in 1923.

Mokamokai 43

Halifax Museum Collection*

Provenance

not known.

No History.

Moko

Remarks

“South Island [designs ?]” [Robley (w/c) VUW Fildes NZ Portfolio/2.]

*Notes: This Head was in the Collection of the Halifax Museum in 1896, when “Moko: Or Maori Tattooing” was published.

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figures 167, 168.

Mokamokai 44

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

not known.

No History.

Moko

Remarks

Mokamokai 45

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

not known.

No History.

Moko

Mokamokai 46*

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

not known.

No History.

*Notes: This moko is probably invented by Robley, being overly elaborate in execution.

National Museum of New Zealand; Ethnology Dept. (No. 31)

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[Note added by NZETC as annotator:]

Description: A black and white sketch of a mokamokai Auckland Institute & Museum; MS256 R66.

This image is not available for public viewing as it depicts either mokamokai (preserved heads) or human remains. The reasons for non-display are detailed in the policy regarding display of images of mokamokai. If you would like to comment on this decision you can contact NZETC.

Mokamokai 47 (female)

Saffron Walden Museum, Plymouth.

Provenance

Presented to the Museum — 13 June, 1838.

No History.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “I have indeed seen a woman whose whole face was tattooed.” [Dieffenbach: E., “Travels in the New Zealand”. 1974 reprint p. 34]

“[A woman] One half of her face was tattooed in every respect like that of a man, while the other had no more marks than her sex entitled her to; so that two persons, who stood opposite each other, each viewing a different side of the face in profile, … would have pronounced the object to be a man, or a woman, according to the circumstances of his position.” [Shortland: E., “The Southern Districts of New Zealand” :1851 p.16]

Robley saw only two examples of female mokamokai during his lifetime. [Robley-J.A. Thomson:1917 NMNZ Ethn.] An earlier letter suggests he owned the other example, having purchased it from the Wallace Collection in 1899. [Robley-Mair:1899 ATL qMS/1898–1922]. For some reason (perhaps because it was not tattooed) Robley does not appear to have drawn this mokamokai. It is therefore not included here.

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figure 32.

Mokamokai 48

Museum of Prehistory and Ethnography, Rome.

Provenance

Acquired by the Museum, Rome in 1840.

No History.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: “The Head in the Archaeological Museum, Rome, was drawn in 1901, and copy placed as frontispiece to ‘Moko’, then presented to King Humbert [of Italy] — Queen Margharita accepted also a volume for her library, as the decoration of Maori women was shown therein.” [Robley (drawing) ATL A80/33]

Reproductions

“Moko; or Maori Tattooing”. [Robley:1896] figure 173.

Mokamokai 49

Unknown Collection.

Provenance

ex: Giglioli Collection (see notes).

No History.

Moko

Notes: Professor Enrico Hillyer Giglioli of Florence, a collector of Maori items, became a friend and correspondent of Robley's at the turn of the century. Robley is mentioned in his capacity of Collector/Author, in “La Collezione Ethnografica: Part I — Australisia”. [Giglioli:1911]

Mokamokai 50

Unknown Collection

Provenance

Unknown.

No History.

Moko

Remarks

Notes: Robley appears to have first seen and drawn this Mokamokai in 1911. [AIM MS256] It is therefore unlikely that it was, at any time, in his possession.