MAORI MODEL CANOE AN INTERESTING RELIC.
A. W. Schief, Photo. The above Is a copy of a model of ■ Maori war canoe which recently came into the possession of the Dominion Museum at Wellington. It Is no modern model of the old style of craft, but an old Maori-made miniature canoe, complete In ail Its details and carvings, and large enough to hold a •couple of boys, or even one small man. The history of the canoe, why it was made, or for whom, does not seem to be known. Some time In the 'forties apparently It was acquired by a visiting warship, and taken to England. After having reposed In the Royal Naval Museum at Greenwich amongst the collection of model craft, the Admiralty offered the canoe to the New Zealand Court at the Wembley Exhibition, and from there It has come hack to its nativ land to find a flnal resting-place In the Capital of the Dominion. The model is 12ft long and with a beam of IBln at Its widest part, and was made from a kauri log. The canoe, which was built long before the Maoris knew the usS-of nails, has all the inside lashings done in approved Maori fashion.
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Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1926, Page 7
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204MAORI MODEL CANOE AN INTERESTING RELIC. Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 65, 14 September 1926, Page 7
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