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Clubbing seals

Clubbing seals

Clubbing seals

Although this etching was intended to illustrate the story of a castaway on Auckland Islands in the 1860s, it also shows how sealers clubbed seals. The Auckland Islands had been a favourite haunt for sealers earlier in the century.

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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-K 662-221

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.




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