THE OLD TIME MAORI.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 124, 18 February 1908, Page 9

THE OLD TIME MAORI.

PRESERVATION OF TYPES features' of," a. raco ia-, ' rtbo,.'important, .'coinnussion. tho ■ v ; 'GpY^fnmentr/^ias^^cntristecl' Sir. Nelson: IJ-/.., "lingworth,,.;; tho. ..i gifted Australian,, sculp-\| 'Siorf' who ■- has - . been . : somo-' - months- in ■ »tlio''Dominfon;'': Tho Maori has been icalletl :- : : •-'niember',, of V._ dying race; ; if:bis'; ?. < iraoo i's riot' dying/ it is undoubtedly ■~ XWith Jiis .new. : modp of .life, his clos'c : asso-. aifd! frequent- intermarriage.. with,' tho, ■pakphn,' thi 'facial and otherphysical'charao- ■ Itriristics"oif tho , t} T pipal' Maqrj must'undergo • alteratign'jiardly'less'.markcd tlian that 1 jvhich. . is! lus cliaracter.': riow. it is nofc v . i oasy^O.recognise,' in most specimens of : the'/.," mouorn Maori, : tho striking inion and fea-:' tiires; of the old,vfigbting chieftains. ; 'Mr. Illingworth" will t-ry 'to I 'preserve'tho : ; typfiin bronze "before it has disappeared bo-- , yond recovery. 1 Ho ; 'hns been asked by tho ; Gbvornmentr;to/execute a series of .bronxa: ■ p6rtraits;;'representing Maori men and wojiion of the old school, and showing tho well- . marked fabial/.chflractcristics whiclr. belong to- • ;-differen"t'r.tribes. Ho'is already taking sittings;: i-fdr this purposo, and will soon pay a'Visit-. ,'J;6 tho, 'King Country to selcct .other typos onwhich to work.— Mr.,,-Illingworth 7 hopes, by: Ichoosing tho':; best 7 .representativetypes . : '.ofnatives for;.' hia ; sitters, •; and bringing. i-itb , his work -an imagination-;- fed: on 1 ■ .tho' old Mao.riy traditions and a niiitdiepo- ■ .bially;.stored .with'.'information forHlio.task,- : id oduco from fchobronm the closest \wssiblo -likpnosses of tho old . inhabitjuits ; of 'Aoto-, jaroa. .. ... -v ,' ; I j'His'conrso of Maori study for tho difficult i'cOnmission will/bo .a,deep and thorough ono, jaiidr'ftlready he is..entering with enthusiasm :' : tho work. -