Telescope
Description
A large, battered brass telescope with no markings. The glass is missing from both ends.
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Object detail
Classification
Credit line
A
note
in
the
old
museum
accession
register
says
this
telescope
was
"used
to
watch
the
'rebel'
Maoris
during
the
wars
1862
(sic)."
The
note
also
records
that
it
was
the
"property
of
Raniera
Ngaire
Tuterangi
Tuterangi
a
Rangitara
(sic)".
It
was
deposited
in
Taranaki
Museum
in
1924.
Accession number
A77.159
Collection type
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