‘FISH-TAILED DUKE’
Gift Of Maori Carving (N.ZJ’^.-Rtuter—Copyright) LONDON, May 1. A Maori carving show’s the Duke of Edinburgh with two tongues and a fish’s tail, according to the “Datly Sketch.” The carving decorated the frame of a picture of the Queen brought to Britain by the Maori Hi-Five jazz group, as a gift from the Maori King Koroki and his subjects, the newspaper said. The band leader. King Solomen Pohatu, had explained: “The double tongue indicates that his Royal Highness is an orator.
“The fish-tail symbolises his high office. It is copied from our god of the sea, Tangaroa. “In the curl of the fishtail is the face of a child. This indicates his responsibility to nurture the Royal children.” he said. The newspaper said the frame also had a carving of the Queen “which will raise palace eyebrows.” It showed her performing a Maori war-dance—with her tongue out.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29503, 3 May 1961, Page 5
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