Fishing boats - Cook Islands - Rarotonga
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Artist unknown: Avuna, Rarotonga (Cook's group), from deck of Avalon. [ca 1890]
Date: 1880 - 1890
Reference: A-466-012
Description: Shows a fishing village on the coast of Avarua, Rarotonga, painted from the deck of the 'Avalon'. Huts line the beach, boats are in the water with figures fishing, bush and mountains rising in the background. A bank of low white cloud sits on top of the mountains Inscriptions: Verso - top centre - Avarua Rarotonga (Cook's group) / From deck of Avalon [in pencil]; Verso - top left - This mountain is Mainega - leatia [?] / Mountain white [in pencil] Quantity: 1 oil(s). Physical Description: Oil on paper, 175 x 253 mm Provenance: Provenance prior to purchase unknown