Chapman. — On the Working of Greenstone. 535 



6. Beautiful handle-end of a very ancient viere of the Ngatiawa. 

 Tradition says that it was broken in an action. The blade portion is in 

 possession of Ngatiawa. It is a beautiful object, one side being pipi- 

 wahairoa. A marked feature is the irregular crater-like countersunk 

 holes. 



7. Very large mere, 14iin. by 4f in. Very wide and heavy. Named 

 Te Maungarongo (The Peace-making), from some historical incident. 

 Kaioakmva, more spotted than usual, having a peculiar transverse vein 

 of pure inanga and an oblique vein of ratika7-aka. It is from the Uri- 

 wera (East Coast) country. 



8. Hei-tiki. This remarkable object is of great antiquity, and was 

 formerly in the possession of Ngapuhi, from one of whose burial-places 

 at the Bay of Islands it was taken. It is of totoiveka, of a singular 

 colour. Its great singularity is that it represents a blind ancestor. All 

 that the natives can say of it is that it is very ancient, as they have 

 preserved no tradition respecting it. It has a hole in each corner of the 

 mouth, which are drilled from the back, with craters behind. In style 

 it is quite different from the ordinary form, having a long nose. 



9. Very beautiful pale-coloured hei-tiki of the purest inanga, ap- 

 proaching white in colour. The hole in the back is drilled in a remark- 

 able way in a long slant, and shows the marks of the stone drill in the 

 form of circular grooves or rings. It is said to be very ancient, and has 

 been in the possession of the Ngatikawhata Hapu of the Ngatiraukawa 

 Tribe from time immemorial. 



10. Large hei-tiki. Pure kawakawa of the finest quality, without 

 flaw. Very highly polished by attrition against the skin. 



11. Hei-tiki, said to be characteristic of some tribea which in carving 

 a hei-tiki put a crest, perhaps representing a frown, on the forehead. 



12. Pendant of clear tangiwai, perfectly translucent. Belonged to 

 Aperahama Tipae, hereditary chief of Ngahapa, a man well known 

 throughout the North Island. The name of this pendant is Te Kahura- 

 a-rongotea. It was handed over by that chief when he affixed his mark 

 to the deed of cession of the Manawatu-Bangitikei Block. A very beauti- 

 ful object. 



13. A mat-pin, presented by the same chief to the late Lady Buller, 

 Valued as a most perfect specimen of translucent tangiwai ; delicately 

 barred with varying shades. 



14. A pendant. A perfect piece of fuakaraka (gelbgriin), given to Sir 

 W. Buller by the Ngatituwharetoa of Taupo. They think this the most 

 perfect stone. 



15. A small eardrop of stone of the colour known as inanga, but 

 transparent. Mr. Mantell has a pendant of similar stone. This is said 

 by Ngatiwhiti to be the true kahurangi. 



16. Very small hand-chisel or graving-tool for fine carving, used with- 

 out a handle. Kaivakaiua. Two similar but smaller chisels to be struck 

 ■with a hammer, broken at the haft-end. 



17. Beautiful pendant of tangiwai, with the tear-drops in it. They 

 are like globules of water in suspension. 



18. Small ornament in the shape of a miniature axe, cut out of 

 greenstone after the manner adopted by the Bosnians (Boyd Dawkins's 

 " Early Man in Britain," p. 33G). 



19. Ear-pendant of blue tangiwai. This contains spots or stains, 

 which are referred to by the JMaoris as representing the blood of 

 ancestors. 



20. A small block of tangiwai, smooth all over. This is a burnisher 

 for polishing wood-carving. This fact explains the existence of many 



