BRIAN BRAKE
Opposite left A carved bone box from the Bay of Islands. A metre in length, it dates from the 18th century or earlier. Such boxes contained the scraped and painted bones of the dead, but were also designed to frighten anyone who might accidentally come across a cave burial place.
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Kaea, Issue 3, 1 June 1980, Page 23
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52BRIAN BRAKE Opposite left A carved bone box from the Bay of Islands. A metre in length, it dates from the 18th century or earlier. Such boxes contained the scraped and painted bones of the dead, but were also designed to frighten anyone who might accidentally come across a cave burial place. Kaea, Issue 3, 1 June 1980, Page 23
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