MAORI IMPLEMENTS.
GIFT TO CALIFORNIAN UNIVERSITY.
(FBOlt OWB OWN rORBIt»I"OllI>*NT.) SAX FK AN CISCO, December 'X. Cooking utensils, camw paddle*, weapons am) various other exhibits representing the civilisation oi tin- Maoris of the Pacific Islands have been received by the University of California Museum" of Anthropology from the Otago University Miisciuu at Dimcdin, New Zealand, and they have created a deal of interest, m then- new habitation. Unparalleled in the United Slates are several moa hone implements and | shaping tools which are included in the specimens. The collection, consistnig of svcral dozen stone adze*, curved bone pendants, carved boxes, sword~shnjK>d cluhs called "mere," fishhooks, knives, sandstone rasps, and various weapons known as Tai-alia if owned by a chief and Te-wha-te-wha if owned by tribe*men. Two carved pillars from the Xgati-Poron tribe, declared bv Curator E. W. Gifford, of fhe California Museum, to b© of considerable value and rarity, are also in the collection.
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Press, 1 February 1930, Page 23
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