Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :Nouvelle-Zelande. No 203. Toki. Patou-patou. Dent de poisson marin que les zelandais portent suspendue a leur oreille ... Flute. Hamecon des naturels. [1825 or 1826]

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Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854 :Nouvelle-Zelande. No 203. Toki. Patou-patou. Dent de poisson marin que les zelandais portent suspendue a leur oreille ... Flute. Hamecon des naturels. [1825 or 1826]

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A Maori greenstone axe with carved wooden handle, a greenstone patu, a shark's tooth earring, a carved wooden flute and a large bone and flax-bound fish-hook. The text in French beside the earring continues 'et a laquelle ils attachent les idees les plus superstitieuses, les femmes l'en servent pour se dechirer le visage dans leurs ceremonies de deuil" (Translation: and to which they attach the most superstitious ideas, the women use them to cut their faces in their mourning ceremonies). The...

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Date created

1825 - 1826

Creator

Chazal, Antoine, 1793-1854

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22770491

Locations

Bay of Islands

Related subjects

Duperrey, Louis-Isidore, 1786-1865 / Māori (New Zealand people) / Clothing / Fishing / Funeral customs and rites / Implements / Mere / Taonga puoro / Toki / Weapons, Māori / Wood-carving, Māori / Bay of Islands

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