HOOD FOR SMOTHERING WIDOWS.
Does any one want a "widow's smothering hood?'"* This cheerfnl article, a dense mask made from spiders' webs by the natives of Polynesia, and' design ad for smothering widows after their husbands have died, is one of a number ex weird rarities that were sold at auction is London reeentfv.
Other odd things include a New Guinea "man catcher, 3 a hideous mask worn by the members of a ifelanesiau secret society; a collection, of human heads, some of which have been made into baskets; a South Sea god and goddess which were found in a cave, and a primitive iron tooth extractor.
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Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 249, 20 October 1928, Page 15 (Supplement)
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107HOOD FOR SMOTHERING WIDOWS. Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 249, 20 October 1928, Page 15 (Supplement)
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