This watercolour, ‘Aorere, Golden Bay’, was painted in the early 1840s by an unknown artist (perhaps James Swinton Spooner). It shows Māori drying fish (including a stingray) on elevated racks.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference:
C-030-019
Watercolour by unidentified artist
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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