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Rangitoto Id. Extinct volcano. No 2

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Date

[1850s?]

Artist

Charles Heaphy (1820-1881)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/23116010

Description

A Maori fishing camp in the foreground with two large tents, a drying rack for fish and a long canoe with two sails pulled up at a beach. A further similar canoe in the background along with a smaller canoe. Maori men, women and children busy in the foreground on the beach. Trees close to the waterfront and the cone of Rangitoto, Auckland's dormant volcanic island, in the background.

Reproduced as a "Turnbull Library Print", 1977.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Rangitoto Island, Auckland, New Zealand

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Tags

Beaches
Domestic Life
Encampments
Boats

Category

People & Society

Glossary
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