Chapman. — On the Working of Grcanstone. 509 



That is worthless — 



That is the bone of a fish ; 



But were it the little pounaviu. 



That ancient source of evil 



The fame of which reaches 



Beyond the limits of the sky — eh ! 



In the list of oniaments given by White the word "mako" 

 occurs, referring evidently to a greenstone imitation of the 

 shark's tooth. Eings are mentioned by some writers. The 

 Maoris keep tame parrots with rings round their feet. In 

 the Christchurch Museum is a prettily-carved parrot-ring of 

 greenstone. 



In addition to the hei-tiki, fuller reference to which is 

 made hereafter, and those above mentioned, the Maoris had a 

 great variety of greenstone ornaments. Of these, only a few 

 can be described here, thus : (1.) Lobe-shaped ornaments, sus- 

 pended from the neck when very large, and from the ear when 

 smaller. Some of these are referred to in the description of 

 colours. (2.) Small objects with a slight resemblance to the 

 human form, slighter, and flatter, and more formal in shape 

 than the hei-tiki, though perhaps also so called ; others with- 

 out resemblance to human shape. There is a peculiar fish- 

 shaped hei-tiki in tire Christchurch Museum. (3.) Ear- 

 pendant, called kapeu or kai^ehu, curved at the lower end ; and 

 numerous other forms of ear-pendant. Fish-hook points, 

 also used as pendants. Kaijeu wliakapapa was a genealogical 

 staff with the generations notched upon it. They are more 

 commonly made of wood. (4.) Mat-pins of various sizes and 

 shapes. 



TiKIKAU. 



Sir W. Buller supplies me with the following : — 

 " Tikirau, the ancient name of a kapehu or tara (long 

 pendant with curved extremity), presented by Heni te Eei, 

 daughter of the late chief Matene te Whiwhi, to the Hon. 

 Huia Onslow (the infant son of the Earl of Onslow, Governor 

 of New Zealand), on the occasion of his presentation to the 

 Ngatihuia Tribe, at Otaki, on the 12th September, 1891. 



" This kapehti is of pale kaivakatoa, and is not of the very 

 best quality ; but the relic is valuable because it was an heir- 

 loom in the family of Te Eangihaeata, the fighting chief of the 

 Ngatitoa. The Maoris associate it with the following karakia 

 (or incantation) : — 



" Ka haere hine, ka haere bine, 

 Te ara nui no Tikirau, 

 Hoki atu, hoki mai 

 Ka rarapa ki te rangi, 

 He uira." 



