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2010-03-09T14:50:43.581Z

Te Ara a Hine

2010-03-09T14:50:43.531Z

Uhi Ta Moko (tattooing instruments)

2010-03-09T14:50:43.441Z

This is the ta moko kit of a tohunga ta moko (expert tattooist). This kit consists of a leather satchel containing fifteen nonferous metal uhi (chisel blades), fourteen bone uhi, and a taper with fixed uhi. Traditionally only bone uhi were used, especially the wing bones from the albatross because of their light weight together with hard, high density bone structure. However, after European contact Maori adopted the use of metal to replace stone and bone in woodcarving, tattooing and other activ...

Doon Valley, Southwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:43.381Z

Southwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:43.321Z

Mount Pisgah, Southwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:43.251Z

Hook Peaks, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:43.191Z

[Dome Range, South West Arm Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:43.111Z

Howitt Peaks, head of Northwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:43.051Z

Head of Northwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:42.991Z

Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau, from Doubtful Island

2010-03-09T14:50:42.931Z

Dome Range, Southwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:42.871Z

[Middle Fjord from head of North West Arm, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:42.791Z

Dome Range, Southwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:42.731Z

[Dome Range, Southwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:42.671Z

Southwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:42.611Z

Black carnival #1

2010-03-09T14:50:42.551Z

Man wearing a lacy white dress, rolled down to his waist. He is naked above the waist and his right arm is stretched out to the left and hooked over by a disembodied arm in a black sleeve.

Murchison Mountains, Southwest Arm, Middle Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:42.471Z

[Head of South West Arm from halfway down, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:42.301Z

Untitled. From the series: Weeping wall

2010-03-09T14:50:42.182Z

Solardome

2010-03-09T14:50:42.131Z

Sugarloaf

2010-03-09T14:50:42.081Z

On the Clinton River, head of Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:42.031Z

[Hutt on the Te Anau to Milford Sound Track]

2010-03-09T14:50:41.961Z

Mount MacKenzie, from near mouth of Clinton River, head of Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:41.901Z

[Head of Lake from Sandfly Point, Worsley Creek Branch, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:41.841Z

[Head of South West Arm, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:41.781Z

On the Clinton River, head of Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:41.721Z

Mount Largs, head of Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:41.641Z

[Looking up Worsley Creek, Lake Te Anau]

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Head of Lake Te Anau, looking up Worsley Creek

2010-03-09T14:50:41.401Z

Head of Lake Te Anau, looking to Worsley Creek

2010-03-09T14:50:41.311Z

On the Clinton River, head of Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:41.252Z

Safe or Happy Cove, head of Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:41.191Z

[Safe or Happy Cove, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:41.121Z

Mounts Mitchelson and Fergus, Clinton River, head of Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:41.061Z

[Head of Lake, Mount Largs, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:40.971Z

[Looking back at Mount Te Anau, Te Anau to Milford Track]

2010-03-09T14:50:40.911Z

Mount Largs, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:40.851Z

[North Fiord from near mouth, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:40.791Z

Hutt on the Te Anau to Milford Sound Track

2010-03-09T14:50:40.711Z

[North Fiord from near mouth of Lake Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:40.651Z

Head of North Fiord, Lake Te Anau, from Lugar Burn

2010-03-09T14:50:40.591Z

Franklin Mountatins, North Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:40.521Z

[Head of Lake from Nurse Creek, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:40.461Z

Head of Lake Te Anau from Happy Cove

2010-03-09T14:50:40.401Z

Franklin Mountains from Nurse Creek, head of Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:40.331Z

[The Narrows, North Fiord, Lake Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:40.271Z

North Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:40.211Z

Lake Te Anau from Centre Island

2010-03-09T14:50:40.151Z

Centre plate of three part panorama.

Lake Te Anau from Centre Island

2010-03-09T14:50:40.043Z

Third plate of three part panorama.

North Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:39.961Z

Head of South Fiord, Lake Te Anau, from Delta Burn

2010-03-09T14:50:39.901Z

Lake Te Anau from Centre Island, west side

2010-03-09T14:50:39.811Z

First plate of three part panorama.

Lake Te Anau from Centre Island, east side

2010-03-09T14:50:39.751Z

First plate of three part panorama.

Lake Te Anau from Centre Island

2010-03-09T14:50:39.691Z

Third plate of three part panorama.

Head of Lake Te Anau, from Ettrick Burn

2010-03-09T14:50:39.631Z

Mount Maury, South Fiord, Lake Te Anau

2010-03-09T14:50:39.571Z

[North Fiord, Te Anau]

2010-03-09T14:50:39.503Z

North Fiord, Lake Te Anau, from Lugar Burn

2010-03-09T14:50:39.431Z

Lake Te Anau from Centre Island

2010-03-09T14:50:39.373Z

Middle plate of three part panorama.

Poster, 'Give Health To Children'

2010-03-09T14:50:39.301Z

Moccasins

2010-03-09T14:50:39.231Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:39.181Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:39.121Z

Bangle (Square to Round Bangle)

2010-03-09T14:50:39.052Z

Cup and saucer

2010-03-09T14:50:38.991Z

Tray

2010-03-09T14:50:38.931Z

Poster, 'Britain's Air Offensive'

2010-03-09T14:50:38.861Z

Jug

2010-03-09T14:50:38.801Z

Cream Jug

2010-03-09T14:50:38.741Z

Model railway carriage

2010-03-09T14:50:38.671Z

Model [ 1:24 scale ] New Zealand Railways passenger carriage, A1601, configured as a Royal carriage for the visit of the Duke of Gloucester in 1934, dark red with black roof, royal insignia on side, cream curtains in windows.

Model guard's van

2010-03-09T14:50:38.611Z

Model, [1:24 scale], New Zealand Railways Guard's van [old type], F103, dark red with black clerestory style roof.

Bottle

2010-03-09T14:50:38.552Z

Choli (blouse)

2010-03-09T14:50:38.471Z

Model railway wagon

2010-03-09T14:50:38.411Z

Model [1:24 scale] New Zealand Railways 'Ub' class flat deck wagon UB939, metal, dark brown colour.

Dish

2010-03-09T14:50:38.351Z

Souvenir medal

2010-03-09T14:50:38.291Z

Children's souvenir of Visit of Duke of Cornwall and York to New Zealand.

Badge, Boy Scouts

2010-03-09T14:50:38.221Z

Thanks badge, Boy Scouts.

Milk Humanizer

2010-03-09T14:50:38.161Z

Chest

2010-03-09T14:50:38.101Z

Walnut veener chest on stand, with seven drawers, made in England about 1700. The chest has three long drawers and three small drawers each with original brass keyhole escutcheons and drop handles. The top and drawers are decorated with herringbone or feather edging outlined with double cock beading. The stand has one deep drawer with matching keyhole escutcheons and handles with inverted dome decoration on apron. The massive plain cabriole legs have pointed club feet.

Unguent bottle

2010-03-09T14:50:38.045Z

This bottle was made by a Roman glass-blower in the third century to contain ointment (unguent), medicine, cosmetics or perfume. Its iridescent colour (like petrol on water) indicates that it must have been buried in damp soil because the reaction of certain chemicals present in both soil and glass creates this effect. Glass making Glass making was attempted in most parts of the Roman Empire (from Britain to Egypt) from the first century onwards. With the invention o...

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:37.981Z

This vase was made by an English pottery that specialised in handmade ceramics often featuring unusual shapes and glaze effects. The Bretby Art Pottery was founded in 1883 by Henry Tooth and William Ault. After beginning business by sharing premises with another pottery, the pair moved to a site at Woodville in Derbyshire in 1885. The pottery closed in 1996. Art pottery Art pottery is a late nineteenth-century phenomenon. The term was used by the many firms, not only...

Medal

2010-03-09T14:50:37.921Z

Casket or workbox

2010-03-09T14:50:37.860Z

Fish-trap (hazetzubo)

2010-03-09T14:50:37.781Z

Commemorative sticker

2010-03-09T14:50:37.731Z

Tiles

2010-03-09T14:50:37.671Z

Ship's figurehead

2010-03-09T14:50:37.621Z

A wooden ship's figurehead, painted with a female figure with a pink bodice and white skirt, and wearing a crown. This figurehead is believed to be from the HMS 'Condor', a British warship [gunvessel] built in 1875. A metal bracket attached to the rear of the figurehead is modern, placed by the Dominion Museum staff circa 1972 for wall mounting.

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:37.561Z

Cockadile

2010-03-09T14:50:37.511Z

crinoline

2010-03-09T14:50:37.421Z

Tea Urn

2010-03-09T14:50:37.361Z

A Sheffield plate tea urn with spirit burner, made in England about 1800. The covered oval urn is on a stand with a spirit burner and a simple tap projects from the base of the urn. There are fluted decorations on the urn, cover and burner. It has four curved legs which end in toed feet and two handles attached to male bearded masks. There is light gadrooning on the edge of the base and on the top edge of the urn. The tap is decorated with narrow grooves and has a green handle on a curved lever. The urn is engrav ed on the silver escutcheon with the initials "CE" [for Charles Elgar, husband of Ella Grace Elgar], which has been applied over the original coat of arms.

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:37.291Z

Poster, 'Volunteer For National Service'

2010-03-09T14:50:37.231Z

This poster was designed and printed in the first year of World War II to call for volunteers for national service. Design Heavy on text, the poster details the official options available to both civilian men and women to contribute to the war effort in New Zealand. The imagery indicates the equality of these contributions by placing the man and woman on an even picture plane. Significance The Home Guard, the Women's War Service Auxi...

Bangle

2010-03-09T14:50:37.151Z

Brooch

2010-03-09T14:50:37.091Z

Banner, 'This is the bone'

2010-03-09T14:50:37.031Z

Poster, 'Don't mix me with rubbish'

2010-03-09T14:50:36.961Z

Milk Jug

2010-03-09T14:50:36.901Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:36.841Z

Plate

2010-03-09T14:50:36.791Z

womans shoes

2010-03-09T14:50:36.721Z

Writing Box

2010-03-09T14:50:36.671Z

Document case, with brass plaque engraved "Capn. James Cook" on lid.

Length of lace

2010-03-09T14:50:36.621Z

Napkin ring

2010-03-09T14:50:36.571Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:36.521Z

Stamp vending machine

2010-03-09T14:50:36.471Z

Teapot

2010-03-09T14:50:36.401Z

Bracelet

2010-03-09T14:50:36.341Z

Sampler

2010-03-09T14:50:36.289Z

In February 1853, when Sally Cann was ten years old, she made this embroidery sampler. Today her work is the earliest known example of a New Zealand-made sampler. A fashionable sampler Samplers show off a beginner's skill at sewing. They include many different types of stitches. Most samplers include letters and numerals, and often the name of the sewer and the date the sampler was made. When Sally Cann made her sampler she chose popular stitches like herringbon...

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:36.221Z

This vase was made by an English studio pottery that specialised in handmade ceramics known for their special glaze effects. Ashby Potters' Guild was founded in 1909 by Pascoe Tunnicliffe, a ceramic chemist who was one of a family of potters. In 1922 Tunnicliffe merged his pottery with that of William Ault and the resulting business was named Ault and Tunnicliffe. Oriental inspiration Many of Ashby Potters' Guild wares, including this vase, were inspired by...

Goblet

2010-03-09T14:50:36.161Z

'Soames Island from Ratanui 1903'

2010-03-09T14:50:36.101Z

Looking south towards Matiu/Somes Island taken from Ratanui, the property at Korokoro occupied by Sir James Hector and his family from 1882-1906. The roof of the Hectors' greenhouse is in the foreground.

Kit Bag

2010-03-09T14:50:36.041Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:35.961Z

Bowl

2010-03-09T14:50:35.911Z

Cup

2010-03-09T14:50:35.833Z

Poster, 'Keep me clean and dry'

2010-03-09T14:50:35.771Z

Candlestick

2010-03-09T14:50:35.711Z

Slop Bowl

2010-03-09T14:50:35.651Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:35.571Z

Honey pot

2010-03-09T14:50:35.511Z

Poster, 'Put out your waste rubber for salvage'

2010-03-09T14:50:35.451Z

Abacus

2010-03-09T14:50:35.391Z

Poster, 'The Road To Victory'

2010-03-09T14:50:35.331Z

Poster, 'Daddy Helps Build Them'

2010-03-09T14:50:35.271Z

Artificial flowers

2010-03-09T14:50:35.211Z

Model railway carriage

2010-03-09T14:50:35.161Z

Model [1:24 scale], New Zealand Railways second class Main Trunk passenger carriage, number A1869, with name "Rongotai" on sides (top corner). Metal, painted dark red with a black roof.

Candlesticks

2010-03-09T14:50:35.101Z

Coptic textile

2010-03-09T14:50:35.051Z

Sundial

2010-03-09T14:50:34.991Z

Oil Lamp

2010-03-09T14:50:34.941Z

Pocket watch

2010-03-09T14:50:34.871Z

Tile

2010-03-09T14:50:34.821Z

Tile

2010-03-09T14:50:34.771Z

Snuff Box

2010-03-09T14:50:34.721Z

Bowl

2010-03-09T14:50:34.671Z

Woman's shoes

2010-03-09T14:50:34.611Z

Bodice

2010-03-09T14:50:34.551Z

Ewer and goblet set

2010-03-09T14:50:34.491Z

A ewer is a large jug or pitcher with a wide mouth. This silver and pounamu (greenstone) ewer, and its matching goblets were made by silversmiths Benjamin Petersen & Co from Christchurch, New Zealand about 1874. Although the overall design of the set closely follows the English fashions of the time, it is given a distinctly New Zealand flavour by the pounamu medallions inset into the ewer. The ewer and goblets are an impressive example of New Zealand's long tradition of craftsmanship in...

Tweezers

2010-03-09T14:50:34.411Z

Chatelaine

2010-03-09T14:50:34.351Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:34.291Z

Planter pot

2010-03-09T14:50:34.231Z

New Zealand potter George Boyd made this planter pot (with stand) around 1885. That same year he exhibited a range of his products at the New Zealand Industrial Exhibition in Wellington. The judges commended Boyd's 'most attractive show of pottery' saying his work proved there could be 'a real art-feeling in the manufacture of cheap and common goods'. Following the exhibition, he gifted a selection of his 'artistic wares' to the Colonial Museum, a predecessor o...

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:34.141Z

Dress, woman's

2010-03-09T14:50:34.071Z

Bottle

2010-03-09T14:50:34.011Z

Necklace

2010-03-09T14:50:33.951Z

Poster, 'A 2oz. Chop Bone will make'

2010-03-09T14:50:33.891Z

Teaset

2010-03-09T14:50:33.821Z

Comb

2010-03-09T14:50:33.761Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:33.711Z

Tablemat

2010-03-09T14:50:33.641Z

Hat

2010-03-09T14:50:33.571Z

Pipe

2010-03-09T14:50:33.491Z

Water jar

2010-03-09T14:50:33.431Z

Oil Lamp

2010-03-09T14:50:33.373Z

Watch

2010-03-09T14:50:33.311Z

Tiles

2010-03-09T14:50:33.251Z

Samurai Sword

2010-03-09T14:50:33.191Z

Cherry blossom ornamentation on scabbard, hilt and guard. Metal scabbard with detachable leather sheath.

Huia beak brooch

2010-03-09T14:50:33.131Z

Skirt, woman's

2010-03-09T14:50:33.071Z

Beaker

2010-03-09T14:50:32.991Z

This beaker was made by a Roman glass-blower in the third century. Glass making Glass making was attempted in most parts of the Roman Empire (from Britain to Egypt) from the first century onwards. With the invention of glass-blowing, glass quickly came to be used for the transport and storage of liquids such as wine, oil, medicines, perfumes, ointments, and essences. Glass vessels became widely available to all levels of society. Consequently, styles like this beaker...

Dies

2010-03-09T14:50:32.931Z

Woman's shoes

2010-03-09T14:50:32.851Z

Waistcoat

2010-03-09T14:50:32.791Z

Teaspoon

2010-03-09T14:50:32.731Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:32.671Z

This vase, one of a pair, is a good example of the exuberant Jugendstil, or German art nouveau style. art nouveau was an internationally popular flamboyant decorative style. It is defined by the organic treatment of decorative motifs, the latter mostly derived from nature. art nouveau designers stylized the sinuous curves found in nature, explored lush growth and movement and pushed asymmetry to extremes. The female figure was a popular art nouveau motif as womanly curves and flowing hair lend t...

Brooch

2010-03-09T14:50:32.593Z

Banner, 'Bones into Battle'

2010-03-09T14:50:32.521Z

Iron

2010-03-09T14:50:32.441Z

An HMV brand electric iron with a triangular hot plate. It has a yellow enamelled body and a moulded black bakelite top and handle. A dial beneath the handle has yellow-painted heat settings. A stand for sitting the iron on is vertically screwed to the rear of the handle. To the side and rear of the handle is attached a red and green electrical cord. There is also a light bulb at the base of the handle, adjacent to the cord attachment. Around the 3-pin plug end of the cord is a r ubber insulator. The iron's specifications are at the base of the hot plate.

Muffin Dish

2010-03-09T14:50:32.381Z

sugar bowl

2010-03-09T14:50:32.291Z

Poster, 'Pancho Santos'

2010-03-09T14:50:32.181Z

Poster, 'He's doing his part'

2010-03-09T14:50:32.121Z

Helmet

2010-03-09T14:50:32.061Z

Radio

2010-03-09T14:50:31.961Z

Radio, portable.

Currency

2010-03-09T14:50:31.897Z

Shawl

2010-03-09T14:50:31.822Z

Watch

2010-03-09T14:50:31.721Z

Tiles

2010-03-09T14:50:31.661Z

Sampler

2010-03-09T14:50:31.601Z

Suit, man's

2010-03-09T14:50:31.531Z

This sturdy woollen three-piece suit was one of five complete sets of clothes, all unused, that were brought back to New Zealand from an abandoned relief depot on the Antipodes Islands by Robert Falla, director of the Dominion Museum. The Antipodes lie about 820 kilometres southeast of New Zealand. They were one of several subantarctic islands that once housed relief depots. Relief depots Each relief depot was placed on the Great Circle shipping route, the path often...

Model railcar

2010-03-09T14:50:31.464Z

Model [1:24 scale], New Zealand Railways 'Vulcan' class railcar, RM54. This model was made in 1939 and donated to New Zealand Railways by the makers of the 'Vulcan' railcars. It was displayed in the Railways Court at the New Zealand Centennial Exhibition of 1939-1940 as an example of how the Railways were then being modernised.

Cup

2010-03-09T14:50:31.381Z

Flintlock musket

2010-03-09T14:50:31.321Z

British flintlock musket ("Brown Bess") calibre .750, made at the Tower of London, about 1800.

Doll

2010-03-09T14:50:31.259Z

This doll is known as a mother-and-child doll. It was made by Taihape widow Bessie Murray for sale in local drapery stores and tourist outlets in the mid and lower North Island to support her family in the late 1920s and 1930s. Design Murray based the doll on carefully recorded sketches and paintings of the dress and moko (facial tattoo) of the Maori women who sat on the seat in front of the local baker's shop in Taihape. The doll has delicately painted features...

Handkerchief

2010-03-09T14:50:31.191Z

This handkerchief was made as a souvenir during World War I, and features Boy Scouts demonstrating British semaphore signs. Instructional handkerchiefs Such 'instructional' handkerchiefs were mass-produced in Britain. They were sold through army and navy stores, and often given as presents.

Poster, 'Know your way'

2010-03-09T14:50:31.131Z

Vase

2010-03-09T14:50:31.051Z

Teapot

2010-03-09T14:50:30.991Z

Poster, 'Charles Forshay'

2010-03-09T14:50:30.931Z

Corset

2010-03-09T14:50:30.871Z

Model railway carriage

2010-03-09T14:50:30.811Z

Model [1:24 scale], New Zealand Railways Main Trunk first class passenger car, A1858, painted green, has green stripe along one side, yellow along other, with a cream roof. These colour schemes were applied by NZ Railways staff over the original red livery circa 1975 to demonstrate alternative colour schemes proposed for use on 'Northerner' express carriages.

Brooch

2010-03-09T14:50:30.751Z

Badge, Boy Scouts

2010-03-09T14:50:30.671Z

Thanks badge, Boy Scouts.

Squat shouldered Jar

2010-03-09T14:50:30.611Z

Poster, 'Keep me clean and dry'

2010-03-09T14:50:30.561Z

Chopsticks

2010-03-09T14:50:30.501Z

These silver chopsticks are engraved with the name Ah Chee - a well-known Chinese family in Auckland. The chopsticks were probably made locally, as there is no maker's mark on them, and may have been given as a wedding present. A silver serving Silver chopsticks were traditionally used by wealthy Chinese. It was believed that the silver would change colour if their food had been poisoned.