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A New ZeaLand Chief, 1769

The artist Sydney Parkinson, who travelled with captain James Cook on the Endeavour, made this portrait of ‘the head of a chief of New Zealand, with his face "tataow’d". 
Early depiction of a Māori chief
The chief has a full facial moko (tattoo), a greenstone tiki around his neck, an ear pendant and a comb in his topknot.