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On the beach, a Moriori burial place.

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Date

1886

Artist

Margaret Olrog Stoddart

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22677556

Description

Shows a beach or the banks of a stream, looking inland to windswept scrub and a small stream. In the right foreground is a skull and other bones.

The scene is almost identical to a work in the Nelson Provincial Museum, entitled" "A Moriori burial place, Wharekauri, Chatham Islands, 25-1-1889". It is likely that the artist stayed at the Wharekauri homestead at the north of the island. She visited several times, including both 1886 and 1889 (See Julie King's "Flowers into landscape", (Christchurch, 1997), pages 55-58).

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Chatham Island / Wharekauri, Chatham Islands, New Zealand

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Beaches
Death

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

Glossary
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