The Phantom canoe: a legend of Lake Tarawera

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The Phantom canoe: a legend of Lake Tarawera

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oil on canvas 1175 x 1858 x 70 mm - Kennet Watkins Pinxit A.D. 1888 (l.l.0 Ten days before Mount Tarawera erupted spectacularly in 1886, destroying the famed silica terraces of Rotomähana, a number of people witnessed a disturbing sight - a ghostly, fully-manned waka gliding across Lake Tarawera in the shadow of the mountain. Interpreted as an o...

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1888

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Kennett Watkins

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https://www.aucklandartgallery.com/explore-art-and-ideas/artwork/349

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Waka / mountains / lakes / Māori / fog / Sublime, the / legends (folk tales) / ghost stories / Painting

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