AN OLD MODEL OK A WAKA PITAU {MAORI WAR CANOE). The canoe carries the olden time shape of sail as seen in the earliest illustrations and pictures of New Zealand. Hanging u> is a wooden kotiate, or liver cutter, the handle having a tattoed human head, probably carved to resemble its first owner's facemarks. We ate indebted to Major-General Sobley for the above photo.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 48
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64AN OLD MODEL OK A WAKA PITAU {MAORI WAR CANOE). The canoe carries the olden time shape of sail as seen in the earliest illustrations and pictures of New Zealand. Hanging u> is a wooden kotiate, or liver cutter, the handle having a tattoed human head, probably carved to resemble its first owner's facemarks. We ate indebted to Major-General Sobley for the above photo. Otago Witness, Issue 2811, 29 January 1908, Page 48
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