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Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :This is a native hutt, built of palm leaves and stakes dr...
Date: 1845
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-048
Description: A small nikau whare in a clearing at the foot of a tree-fern and other taller trees. Drawn 1 June 1845. Caption added later referring to the 1847 Ngati Toa raid on Boulcott's Farm, Hutt Valley. Other Titles - hut Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - W. S. 1 June 1845.; On accompanying label: text of title, with date 24 Feb.y 1847 and initials W. S. in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on buff paper, 112 x 90 mm
Swainson, William, 1789-1855 :Native Hut Kapiti Island. [1848?]
Date: 1848
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Healey, Trevor Woodford, 1929-2018
Reference: A-187-055
Description: A small bark hut with thatched roof close to the coast, atop a low cliff, with scrub and trees. Maybe associated with either the resident Ngati Toa or the earling whaling communities established on Kapiti during the late 1830s and 1840s. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 11 x 15.5 mm