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In this watercolour (1863–64) by John Tremenhere Johnston, two women are gathering shellfish from the rocks. In Māori communities the beach was an important source of food, providing pipi and tuatua from the sand, and kina and pāua from the rocks.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: B-079-024
by John Tremenhere Johnston
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