MAORI RELICS
PAUCITY IN DOMINION LORD BLEDISLOE’S CONCERN
(By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, This Day. Tlie Governor-General, when opening an exhibition of antiques, said Unit s in the past precious Maori relics had poured out of tlie country into England and America. Expert visitors,, expecting naturally to find the host examples of Maori art and craftsmanship within tlie confines of the Dominion, had often expressed disappointment at their paucity or mediocrity. Maori relies of a high order of technical skill and in unnecessarily large quantities were believed to be in the British Museum, London, as well as in the hands of private individuals in the Old Country His Excellency asked for sympathy and support in ail effort which he was making to recover some of these for New Zealand museums, so that the Dominion might have “in loco” the most perfect and complete collections of ancient Maori art to be found anywhere in the world. He was approaching the trustees of the British Museum, as well as the British Government, on the matter, and he was not without hope that his appeal'would produce some satisfactory result.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXVI, 18 August 1933, Page 4
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