MAORI CURIOS.
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LONDON, November 21
A well-known collection of pre-his-toric antiquities was disposed of at Messrs Sotheby, "Wilkinson, and Hodge's sale rooms thre week. This was a collection made by Mr "W. 0. Knowlcs, of Ballymona, and the most vaiuable section was that built, up as the result of his exploration or the inhabited sites of the Neolithic period in Ireland.
Among the more modern things, however, were a number of Maori implements and ornaments, none of very great value. A greenstone tiki of good workmanship 4J inches in length was sold for £23, and a plain handled stone adze from H.M.S. "Challenger Expedition, together with another stone, adzo of no historical value, sold for £lO 10s. A three-inch bone tiki went for £l2. These were the most valuable articles disposed of, but other stone implements commanded a reasonable price.
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Press, Volume LX, Issue 18265, 26 December 1924, Page 8
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