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Sealskin purse

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Sealskin purse

A group of sealers were marooned on the bleak and rocky Solander Island in Foveaux Strait from 1808 to 1813. It seems likely that they made this sealskin purse, which was later found on the island.

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Reference: 83.1512

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Jock Phillips, Sealing – The sealers, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/6230/sealskin-purse (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Jock Phillips, published 2 March 2009.