MAORI CURIOS
FOUND NEAR THAMES O R GANTS E D EX CA V A TlO X S Contact with two springs hamfvered the work of the party digging for ■Maori curios on a small swamp area on Mi*. E. Thornton’s property on the Thames Coast, but the installation of a pump has kept the water in check. Aiming ili<- articles recently seeur- <• 1 is an eel trap, hinaki. which is a good example of Maori basketry. It is manufactured of finely woven split mur <*-maunge, black creeper. S - v v.: 1 paiuiki (weeders). of various :•*!'!’s’s and sizes, and a short lco (.-pr.de t. and a hoe (canoe pn;ldle) <■ ii.p isi' wooden articles secured. All a;-.- well ]>resorvod and are gt 1 vampLv. of Maori workmanship.
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Feilding Star, Volume 9, Issue 2796, 13 August 1932, Page 8
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