A Māori and Pākehā man trading a crayfish

A Māori and Pākehā man trading a crayfish, drawing by Tupaia, c. 1769

A Māori and Pākehā man trading a crayfish is a c. 1769 watercolour and pencil drawing by Tupaia. The drawing depicts an unknown Māori man and Joseph Banks trading a crayfish for a piece of cloth.[1][2]

The drawing is referenced by Michel Tuffery in his work Tupaia's chart Cook and Banks/Tupaia's and Parkinson's paintbox.[3] The artist Sarah Munro created a series Trade Items which uses embroidery to reference Tupaia's drawing.[4][5] The drawing has also inspired and been referenced by other artists including Ayesha Green, Jo Torr and Marian Maguire.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]

References

1. "Tupaia's painting of Joseph Banks". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
2. Writer, Guest (6 August 2018). "The Monday Excerpt: Tupaia, Banks, and an unnamed Māori trading a crayfish in 1769". The Spinoff. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
3. "Tupaia". teara.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
4. Hacking, Lily (Summer 2018). "A good medium for living" (PDF). Art News New Zealand: 70–73. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 February 2019. Retrieved 16 February 2019.
5. "Te Hīkoi Toi: Art of the Anthropocene". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
6. "Hair comb, Heru". Tairawhiti Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
7. "The Post". www.thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
8. "Tupaia's Paintbox - Barter | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
9. "Tupaia". Tairawhiti Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
10. "Tupaia". Tairawhiti Museum Collection Online. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
11. "The Odyssey of Captain Cook: Plate I: Attic Volute Crater, 1779, depicting scenes from the Odyssey of Captain Cook | Royal Museums Greenwich". www.rmg.co.uk. Retrieved 18 January 2024.
12. "Attic volute crater, 1779, depicting scenes from the odyssey of Captain Cook, from 'The odyssey of Captain Cook' | Collections Online - Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa". collections.tepapa.govt.nz. Retrieved 18 January 2024.