Ait interesting contribution of Maori curios has just been made to the Auckland Museum !by iMr- Humphrey U. Deveronx. Although the Auckland Isthmus in the early days was studded with numerous fortified Maori pas, of which Mount Eden and One-Tree Hill are the most notable examples, and although it might be expected that numerous articles of . Maori handiwork would- be found about these fortifications, in point of fact the number of specimens that have been unearthed is very small indeed. Twenty-two years ago, however, Mr Devereux noticed, near the summit of One-Tree Hill, a bit of greenstone projecting from the scarped wall of one of the Maori earthworks. On removing some of the soil he found it to be a greenstone axe in perfect condition. Further search revealed the presence of a fine ear-drop of singularly beautiful and graceful shape. The articles were found within a few yards of the place where the body of the late Sir John L. Campbell now lies, and it occurred to Mr Devereux that they might appropriately repose in the recesses of an institution which will share in the bequests recently left to the citizens of Auckland by their great benefactor.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 8186, 30 July 1912, Page 6
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