MAORI WAR RELIC.—A sporran of badger's skin used as a pay bag by soldiers in the Maori War. The head of the animal forms a flap. It was given to Mr. Christopher Sommerville, Wellington, by Lieut. Colonel McDonnell, a distinguished soldier of the early New Zealand wars. The sporran was exhibited at the recent meeting of the Early Settlers' and Historical Association of Wellington.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 14
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64MAORI WAR RELIC.—A sporran of badger's skin used as a pay bag by soldiers in the Maori War. The head of the animal forms a flap. It was given to Mr. Christopher Sommerville, Wellington, by Lieut. Colonel McDonnell, a distinguished soldier of the early New Zealand wars. The sporran was exhibited at the recent meeting of the Early Settlers' and Historical Association of Wellington. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19240, 4 February 1937, Page 14
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