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Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-125-3

Description: The thigh bone and another bone of a large moa Mantell was in the area between Wellington and New Plymouth in 1845. The name Puketapu is not in modern use in these areas. Other moa bones recorded by Mantell were found in the New Plymouth area Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 194 x 126 mm

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-125-2

Description: Drawings of the fossilised bones of a moa, found near Te Henui, New Plymouth Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 125 mm

Date: 1844 - 1850

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-118-2

Description: Drawings of several pieces of bone, and one piece of coral, some found in limestone at Kakanui, North Otago Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 85 x 165 mm (irregular)

Date: 1848

From: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Scrapbook. 1840-1872.

By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895

Reference: C-103-125-1

Description: Drawings of bird bones Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 137 x 70 mm

Date: [ca1975-ca2004]

From: Nunns, Richard, 1945-2021: Collection

By: Alford, Rachel, active 2005; James, Brian, active 1983

Reference: PAColl-9112-5

Description: Photographs - mostly from the mid 1980s - of a range of instruments (old and new, Maori, Japanese, Chinese, from Pacific Islands and Celtic) being played at events in different parts of New Zealand, by New Zealand and visiting performers. Includes shakuhachi, guqin, a Rarotongan nose flute, a Celtic horn, taonga puoro including a koauau made from koiwi tangata (human bone) and a kete woven by Geneva Gray. Also includes images of performances curated by Allan Thomas in the auditorium of the National Library; copy of the cover for an album `Traditional music of the Maori' with Mrs Wineera of Porirua; the opening of visitor facilities in the Ruakuri Cave at Waitomo; an event in the crater of Mount Tarawera; a workshop at an Auckland teachers training college; expeditions in search of pounamu in the Arahura River valley; a tour by Urban Taniwha. Quantity: 100 colour original photographic print(s). 23 b&w original photographic print(s). 4 papers (letters and envelopes).

Date: 2002

From: Walker, Malcolm, 1950- :Digital cartoons

Reference: DCDL-0009301

Description: Shows Auckland Mayor John Banks as a caveman trying to decide which bone, either financial policy or social policy, to hit the Auckland City Council citizens with. In the background shows a cave in which the Auckland City Council dwells and the Sky City tower. Refers to the unpopular policies of the Auckland City Council. Quantity: 1 digital cartoon(s).

Date: ca 1948

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

By: Weigel, William George, 1890-1980

Reference: PAColl-7171-45

Description: Note on back of print reads: "Mr R J Jacobs, a chief preparer at Museum ChCh, re-assembling a huge moa gotten from Pyramid Valley, Waikari [North Canterbury]...Full bird on table..." Photograph taken by W G Weigel. Published in the New Zealand Free Lance 12 May 1948. Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Silver gelatin print 20.2 x 15.4 cm