'jijyy..' good specimen of an old shell '• *>■,'&ii«s-just been added to the col- > lection in the Wellington Museum. These •j'unipets were made from a certain large j>hell found very occasionally at the Auckland Islands, and, owing to the rarity of he shells, the instruments were exceedingly uncommon, and held by the Maoris in Proportionately high estimation. Often t " e y descended from generation to generalion in a family. A wooden mouthpiece M as affixed to tiie apex of the. shell, carved after a uniform pattern. Attached to the upper part of the lip of the shell ".V a cord passed through, a hole was a full- of feathers of the swamp-hen, kakapo, W' some rare bird. The sound of the shell J-trumpet. could be heard for a very conquerable distance. There were previously :two specimens of thtee trumpets., in the inuteuiu collection, but in some respects the new addition is superior to either. ... . .
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13691, 6 March 1908, Page 7
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