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Interior of a Maori hut at Waiheke Island, Hauraki Gulf.

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Date

[Between 1847 and 1851]

Artist

Richard Aldworth Oliver (1811-1899)

Collection

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image Link

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22349613

Description

Shows a group of five Maori women or girls, and two infants, with two dogs, around a fire on the floor of a native hut. There is bedding and a kete suspended from a low rafter, an axe on the floor at the left, a gourd hanging on the wall at the left, and a cauldron and other vessels on the floor. The hut has a thatched roof.

Other Titles - Waikite [former title]

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library

Location

Waiheke Island, Auckland, New Zealand

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Tags

Domestic Life
Huts
Fashion

Category

People & Society

Glossary
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