Old wooden coffins, in which exhumed bones of dead were placed. A considerable number of these receptacles, showing peculiar carved designs, are preserved in the Auckland and Wellington Museums. — Dominion Museum collection

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Old wooden coffins, in which exhumed bones of dead were placed. A considerable number of these receptacles, showing peculiar carved designs, are preserved in the Auckland and Wellington Museums. Dominion Museum collection

Old wooden coffins, in which exhumed bones of dead were placed. A considerable number of these receptacles, showing peculiar carved designs, are preserved in the Auckland and Wellington Museums.
Dominion Museum collection

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Title: The Maori - Volume 2

Author: Elsdon Best

Publication details: 1941, Wellington

Part of: New Zealand Texts Collection

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