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A set of six illustrated plates depiciting various rock pictographs in South Canterbury published in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand Journal
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Lot Details
1897. 195 x 130mm Plates include: Noah's Ark, Opihi River Tengawai Gorge (2) Howells Gorge (2) Totara Creek
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