Matukituki_Valley,_1847.jpg

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English: In the Aglionby or Matukituki Valley, looking into the Otapawa. 20th Feb [1846]

Shows the Maori guide Kehu snaring a weka with a lure of food on a stick and a long pole with a noose. To the right is a makeshift open-fronted slab hut, a small fire burning outside, with the artist's two European companions, Charles Heaphy and Thomas Brunner reclining inside. The Matakitaki River and hills are in the background. Mount Mantell is the cone-shaped hill to the right.

Fox, William (Rt Hon Sir), 1812?-1893. [Fox, William] 1812-1893 :In the Aglionby or Matukituki Valley, looking into the Otapawa. 20th Feb. [1846]. Ref: B-113-008. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand.
Date circa 1846
date QS:P,+1846-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23009335
Author William Fox (1812-1893)

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