How many pakehas wear a human molar as a keepsake of some dear friend' There is one tooth on view at Wellington Museum, an ornament once displayed by a Maori in remembrance of a mate. This rather pretty little piece of ivory is ranged alongside of other souvenirs recently placed on view. They are mainly personal ornaments — mostly stone and bono—with which native men and women endeavoured to enhance their charms long ago. There are mat-pins of bone, sharks' teeth of various kinds, as well as samples of porcelain imitations sent out to this country some years back. There are several objects carved out of soapstone, which have mostly come from Nelson. Perhaps the most interesting exhibits tre four little chisels which once did duty in tattooing faces. They are finely toothed implements, made from the wing-bone of the albatross. There is a little whistle—a rare something like a thimble, once used to call birds to the slaughter, and there are bone rings which served to tether the kakas that were used as decoys. There are many varieties of Coughs, Colds, and Influenza, but whether common or complicated, Baxter's Lung ~ Preserver hastens iia cure. and-t«n.ds to aroY«ot arecuxrencecj.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13625, 19 December 1907, Page 3
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