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Smith, William Mein, 1799-1869 :From the Pah Pipitea, Port Nicholson, Decr 1840
Date: 1840
By: Turnbull, Alexander Horsburgh, 1868-1918; New Zealand Company
Reference: C-011-005
Description: View from inside Pipitea Pa, looking north up the harbour towards the Hutt Valley and the Rimutaka Ranges. In the left foreground, two people sit, wrapped in blankets on bare ground. The edges of the site are defined with palisades of varying heights. On lower ground to the right are a wharenui, a long low building with a single door in the side, and two whata or food storage buildings on poles. Note on verso: Selected to be exhibited in the Academy Gallery for the Chamber of Commerce centennial June 1956, but not shown because of lack of space. Other Titles - Wellington Harbour, December Other Titles - Pa Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pen and brown ink drawing 205 x 284 mm Provenance: Purchased by Alexander Turnbull, London, 1915, as part of the New Zealand Company collection.