Tutauru, the adze of Ngahue, in myth and history / by Roger Neich

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Title

Tutauru, the adze of Ngahue, in myth and history / by Roger Neich

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National Library of New Zealand

Collection

Index New Zealand

Description

Documents some aspects of the ancient Māori practice of naming adzes associated with the building of specific migration canoes, and in particular Tutauru the jade adze originally owned by the Polynesian explorer Ngahue.

Format

Journal

Date created

Dec 2009

Creator

Neich, Roger

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/22941242

Related subjects

Adzes / Jade art objects -- History / Maori (New Zealand people) -- Material culture / Antiquities / Art objects, Maori / Toki / Ngahue

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