An exceptionally large Maori food bowl, or kumeti, lias been presented 'to the Auckland Museum by Mr. C. C. Munro, of Clcvedou. One of the largest in the "‘’"".scum's collection, it has been carved out of a solid block of wood, possibly puriri, and is believed to be ov’er 100 years old. Another of the Museum's recent acquisitions is a wooden cultivator, or timo, with-which the Maoris would squat alongside their km mara crops and errub the soi l
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 16, 21 January 1936, Page 9
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