Story: Te hī ika – Māori fishing
This watercolour by Cuthbert Clarke depicts a massive wooden construction built to hold the food at feasts (hākari) such as this one at the Bay of Islands in 1849. Often the gifting of fish took place as part of large-scale feasts.
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Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-030-007
Watercolour by Cuthbert Charles Clarke
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.
