A MAORI WORKING GREENSTONE. In the old days the cutting and working of pounamu (greenstone) 'was a most laborious operation, and it often took years to work a mere or axe to the desired shape and smoothness. Before the Maoris became acquainted with European tools the cutting was done with a triangular piece of sandstone, whioh from time to time was dipped in water. Nowadays the natives do little or nothing in the way of working greenstone, and their heirlooms and weapons of pounamu are gradually passing into pakeha hands.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 21 (Supplement)
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90A MAORI WORKING GREENSTONE. In the old days the cutting and working of pounamu (greenstone) 'was a most laborious operation, and it often took years to work a mere or axe to the desired shape and smoothness. Before the Maoris became acquainted with European tools the cutting was done with a triangular piece of sandstone, whioh from time to time was dipped in water. Nowadays the natives do little or nothing in the way of working greenstone, and their heirlooms and weapons of pounamu are gradually passing into pakeha hands. Otago Witness, Issue 2649, 21 December 1904, Page 21 (Supplement)
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