MUSEUM TREASURES
An indication of the more satisfactory progress of the war is the reappearance in the Otago Museum of some of Dunedin’s finest treasures which have been stored in the vaults for precautionary reasons for some time past. Chief among them is the famous takahea, a bird resembling the pukeko, or swamp hen. The records show that only four of these birds were ever found, and that they were discovered in remote parts of Ota’go and Southland. The specimen belonging to the Museum was found at Lake Te Anau, and it was the only one of the four which was kept in New Zealand. Other rare birds which have been replaced on display include huias, Stephen Island wrens, saddleback, and New Zealand quail. In the Fels Wing the best greenstone tikis, including a famous double-sided specimen, have been restored to the Maori section, and the collection of Greek vases among which are some very valuable white Leckythos vases, have been returned to the Grecian section.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25338, 23 September 1943, Page 6
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166MUSEUM TREASURES Otago Daily Times, Issue 25338, 23 September 1943, Page 6
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