McDonald OUR RECORD OF THREE VANISHED HOUSES Carvings from a tomb. “A small school of carving, possibly the art of a single man, appears to have been established at Tokaanu before the middle of last century. This school carved their figures with heads at right angles to the body. Of this school the tomb of Te Heuheu II said to be erected in the years 1850–51 may be taken as typical. Tukino Te Heuheu II, also known as Mananui, died in the large landslide at Waihi in 1846. Taylor, in Te Ika a Maui, 1870, p. 174. supplies a small figure of the tomb as originally erected at Pukawa. Only three carvings of the tomb, unique in their style and presentation, are extant and in the Dominion Museum. These are the frontal supports for the roof and the facing board above. The vertical poles appear to have been adapted from ridge-pole supports for the roof of a superior house and may even be from a large house such as the one described in Hochstetter (New Zealand: Its Physical Geography, Geology and Natural History, 1867, p. 369). The horizontal facing board above appears once to have been used as the paepae of a superior house. Two figures on the facing board are reproduced on this and the succeding page. In one the head is somewhat conventional; in the other it is realistic. The construction of hip and shoulder spirals is of much interest. Flattened pakati ridges partially interlock, and plain ridges do not always form a satisfactory ‘S’ curve. We note the use of relatively large fingers and thumb.” (Phillipps).