On the Macetown Track, Otago, NZ mid-winter  Circa 1880 William Hart, Clutha-Central Otago

Reconnaissance of Terra, Waimamakau, Northland  1957 Eric Lee-Johnson, Waimamaku Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Penasar Mask  20th century Maker unknown, Indonesia Gift of Theo Schoon, 1956

Untitled. From the series: Night trials  Circa 1956 Eric Lee-Johnson, Waimamaku Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Mount De La Beche from the Tasman Glacier  1893 George Moodie, Southern Alps

Laughing kitten  1950s Eric Lee-Johnson, New Zealand Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Poster, ’Buy Health Stamps’  1932 Marmaduke Matthews, New Zealand Purchased, 2002.

Cicada muta rufescens Hudson, 1891; lectotype

Toy, ’Peter Pup’  Circa 1940s H. E. Ramsey Limited, Auckland Purchased 2007

Paper doll  C 1958 Maker unknown

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