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Page 42
... head at Queen Charlotte in 1770 , but only one . Pomare offered a head to Marsden in exchange for guns and powder , but at that time heads were hard to come by . Apparently it was the race for armaments ' which inaugurated the great ...
... head at Queen Charlotte in 1770 , but only one . Pomare offered a head to Marsden in exchange for guns and powder , but at that time heads were hard to come by . Apparently it was the race for armaments ' which inaugurated the great ...
Page 268
... head . ( 10 ) Carved figure of an ancestor , the figure treated as a wheku , and in common with others the shoulders ... heads from the show cases . But the heads are not Ngai - Tahu , they were perhaps Ngati- Toa , and local Maoris have ...
... head . ( 10 ) Carved figure of an ancestor , the figure treated as a wheku , and in common with others the shoulders ... heads from the show cases . But the heads are not Ngai - Tahu , they were perhaps Ngati- Toa , and local Maoris have ...
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... head , and as soon as it is well cured and properly dried I shall send it to you by the first ship that leaves this colony , and I think that you will agree with me in considering it as a beautiful and curi- ous ornament for the ...
... head , and as soon as it is well cured and properly dried I shall send it to you by the first ship that leaves this colony , and I think that you will agree with me in considering it as a beautiful and curi- ous ornament for the ...
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