On Haumu Hill , 1969
Record number
cm000708
Title
On Haumu Hill
Date
1969
Medium
conté
Support
paper
Dimensions
1580 x 556 mm
Inscriptions
Matire Kereama. (conté crayon, b.l.); Colin McCahon / Aug 27. '69 (conté crayon, b.r.)
Collection
Extended inscriptions
I TE PUKE / I HAUMU - / - U - U - U
KA ARA MAI / TO RIINGA - / a - a - A / HII HAU - / MU - U - U -
On Haumu Hill, you / raise your hand in / farewell.
Einga Atu ana he tetekura / E ara mai ana he tetekura
KA ARA MAI / TO RIINGA - / a - a - A / HII HAU - / MU - U - U -
On Haumu Hill, you / raise your hand in / farewell.
Einga Atu ana he tetekura / E ara mai ana he tetekura
Exhibition history
1969 Written paintings and drawings: Colin McCahon
Barry Lett Galleries
Auckland
6/10/1969 - 17/10/1969
Notes
The text is from Matire Kereama's The Tail of the Fish: Maori Memories of the Far North (Oswald-Sealy, Auckland, 1968).