Figurehead  1995 Laurence Aberhart, Wellington Purchased 1996 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Untitled (’Pare’)  1891 William Partington, Wanganui

Untitled. From the series: Night trials  1957 Eric Lee-Johnson, Waimamaku Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

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

"Exotic various orders, Entomology"  1995 Laurence Aberhart, Wellington Purchased 1996 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Bathing costume, man’s  circa 1965-1975 Canterbury of New Zealand Ltd, New Zealand Purchased 2008

Moreporks (Bird Skins Room #2), Taranaki St, Wellington, 3 October 1995  1995 Laurence Aberhart, Wellington Purchased 1996 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Staircase, Australian pavilion, New Zealand Centennial Exhibition, Wellington  04.1940 Eric Lee-Johnson, Wellington Purchased 1997 with New Zealand Lottery Grants Board funds

Mystacina tuberculata tuberculata

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

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