FINE GREESTONE TIKI
A valuable old Maeri heirloom, a hoi fiki said to have belonged fo H"' chief ITakona te Atau-o-Tu, of Kaiapoi. Canterhurv, which had n close assignation with the South Island excursion of 'l'm Uauparaha and, together with two greenstone axes, was dug up on Ripa Island, Lvttelton Harbour, years :i: r f», has come into the possession of (iie Dominion Museum. Wellington. Together with a greenstone ear pendant, chisel, three adzes, two Korowai cloaks, and a shark's tooth ear pendant, the tiki was bequeathed to the museum by Mr. Thomas !{. Moore, of Waimarama. Uawke's Hay, and presented to (he museum last week livMrs. T. I!. Moore, of Terrace Knd, Palmersfon North. The tiki is made from except ionally fine greenstone, which will turn the hardest file. A long time must, have been occupied in its making when the only means of working it were with sand, water and n stick.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22493, 10 August 1936, Page 10
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153FINE GREESTONE TIKI New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22493, 10 August 1936, Page 10
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