OLD MAORI BONES
SAILORS’ DISCOVERY KAWAU DOCTOR MAKES REPORT It is now bv sailors from H ,rt * cave on an islet near H \f ao ri W l * remnants of an aticien - Sr The bones mere handed police some time ago sur**® for examination to the P°«®* Dr. C. H. Tewsley. The that there were three b' k rt of ‘ complete lower various I* 8 , upper jaw. There were ljm t>s it*- ' of the upper and loser < hU , tr piece of rib. The bones, skulls, appeared to belong! body. From indications it w u 30 that the skeleton was that c*r erate-sized person and trot Mw t » figuration of the jaw. s * too bn*; of a Maori. The skull® doC ,or and eroded to enable them. make any statement about M( , , r the bones were ver> old. um be. r *• parently been exposed ter a J l it 'was considered Possible skeletons w ere those of th 'ora were lost from the scow Ki 20 years ago depo«S The use of caves for tne of bodies was u v £ s w among the natives of - viEW of *2 This point is interestingof native objection to the an I s . Mam Pomare. Not so .ons portant discovery " a=> clab° ri^ cave near Whanearei \vcrc '■ carved and rare Maori c onm*
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Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1026, 17 July 1930, Page 12
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219OLD MAORI BONES Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1026, 17 July 1930, Page 12
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