RATANA'S MUSEUM.
A TAPU COLLECTION. RELICS OF TOHUNGAISM. UNIQUE MAORI TREASURES. (By Telegraph.—Special to "Star.") WAXGANUT, this day. By special privilege, a newspaperman, whiie on a visit to Rutana yesterday, was allowed to see the miscellaneous collection of various articles deposited there. These have a special significance in connection with the work of Ratana _in inducing Maoris to forsake tohungaism and worship the One Creator. The articles include all manner of things, from medicine bottles up to meres and tikis, articles which the owners looked upon as possessing some particular charm, and which they were inclined to worship. Many of them are of great value and are held in trust. In fact, so good is the collection that it would make the Maori curio portion of any Dominion museum appear very insignificant. A Maori was asked what would happen if any article in the collection, money for instance, was removed. The reply was that the thief would meet an untimely end, for the collection was "tapu."
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Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 17, 21 January 1926, Page 8
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166RATANA'S MUSEUM. Auckland Star, Volume LVII, Issue 17, 21 January 1926, Page 8
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