The Flax Hat by Phillip Waddington

The Flax Hat by Phillip Waddington

Oil on canvas
Influences exhibition, Mitchell Studios 2019

$13,500 SOLD 2019

Tangi Tamarau was well known as an expert weaver of flax (harakeke). She made the hat she is wearing. Tangi and I became very close over the years and I was honoured by her calling me her “pākehā mokopuna”.

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