Macropiper excelsum

Maker and Role
Artist: Nina Jones (b.1871, d.1926)
 Production date
Circa 1920
 Description
Watercolour painting on rectangular sheet of brown paper, with a brown window mount, and backing. The painting is a botanical illustration of part of a shrub with fruit. One branching red brown stem is depicted with leaves opposite on petioles. The green leaf blades are heart shaped with palmate venation. The orange and green fruit resemble candles on short stems. There are leaves and fruit depicted in a wash of colours.

The painting is marked “NiNA JONES” and “MAcropipEr ExcELsuM.”
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Object detail

Object Type
painting
Media and Materials
Watercolour/Dye and Pigment/General
Paper/General
Measurements
Mount = 505 h x 354 w Composition = 420 h x 271 w
Measurements
Composition = Height x Width (mm) = 420 x 271mm
Mount = Height x Width (mm) = 505 x 354mm
Object Type
Common: Kawakawa
Maker
Subject Category
Botanical
Accession Number
A4882
AC Number
AC98
Credit Line
Jones, Nina (1871-1926). Macropiper excelsum, c1920. Watercolour on paper. Nelson Provincial Museum Collection: A4882 AC98.

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