A family in costume behind a cart filled with fascines. A fascine is a rough bun...
A family in costume behind a cart filled with fascines. A fascine is a rough bundle of brushwood or other material used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across uneven or wet terrain. Typical uses are protecting the banks of streams from erosion, covering marshy ground and so on.
About this objectA family in costume behind a cart filled with fascines. A fascine is a rough bundle of brushwood or other material used for strengthening an earthen structure, or making a path across uneven or wet terrain. Typical uses are protecting the banks of streams from erosion, covering marshy ground and so on. They were used on Pakuranga roads in the 1850s.
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Measurements15 x 10
Period2010s
FormatColour Photographic Print
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Object numberP2022.01.16
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