MAORI RELICS
Recovery From Lake Bottoms
A description of the methods of recovering from lake bottoms Maori artifacts that have been buried in mud and ooze was given by Mr. A. J. Black at the last monthly meeting of the Wellington Maori Club. The speaker exhibited fern-root beaters, adze bandies, •md-sticks, clubs, and several articles The use of which is not known, brought to light after having been at the bottom of a lake for more than a century: despite the long period of immersion the wood appeared sound. Mr. Black said he had found spears from three to nine feet in length standing upright in the mud, probably placed there by the owners who “failed to return.” Mr. A. Morris Jones conducted the study class, using for practice in translation the Maori version of the Twenty-third Psalm.
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Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 9, 5 October 1940, Page 5
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138MAORI RELICS Dominion, Volume 34, Issue 9, 5 October 1940, Page 5
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