Best. — Clothing of the Ancient Maori. 653 



Whi7-i-2)ekapeka : A flat plait of nine strands. 



Whirl taura kaka : A squai'e plait of ten strands. This 

 pattern is said to have been copied from the peculiar square 

 stem of the plant known a,s " Te Whiri-a-Baiikataicn." 



Aute. 



In an account of certain wars of the Ngatiawa Tribe, 

 which occurred some six generations back, and which was 

 given to me by H. Tikitu, of that tribe, I find the following : 

 " Te Whata-manu and Te Manawa were kept by Te Eangi-ka- 

 wehea as beaters of ante, for that was the clothing of old, and 

 those two were clever at that v^^ork." This is the only note 

 I have obtained from natives as to their knowledge of this 

 ancient clothing, nor do I think that it obtained to any ex- 

 tent at that period. 



Sandals, dc. 



Several different kinds of sandals and gaiters were used in 

 former days by the mountaineers of Tuhoe Land, principally 

 in traversing the snow-clad ranges in winter. My notes on 

 this head are meagre, and soon disposed of : — 



Parengarenga : These are said to have been leggings of 

 flax, woven into a broad piece, and then laced on to the leg 

 extending from the ankle to just below the knee. In modern 

 times sandals of pigskin were worn with these. 



Tumatakuru : These were a species of sandal and galli- 

 gaskin combined. They were made by a netting process, 

 from the plant tumatakuru {Aciphylla squarrosa). A. colensoi 

 is the taramea, an alpine spear -grass. The late Mr. T. 

 Kirk gave me tiie native name of the former as " kurikuri." 

 The timiatakuru were a kind of sandal and half-legging com- 

 bined. They were folded over the foot and above the ankle 

 and laced on, being stuffed or hned with rimurwiu (moss). 



Bohe : This was a sandal and legging combined. 



Kopa : This appears to have been another name for the 

 folding sandal, as the word implies. 



Papari : A combined sandal and legging made of green 

 flax, and stuffed or lined with moss. They are said to have 

 been a great boon to travellers in the snowy ranges. 



Paenaena : This was a sort of toe-cap, netted of 7nuka 

 (= whitau), or dressed flax-fibre. They were used as a pro- 

 tection to the toes in walking, and were fastened with a cord 

 passed round the ankle. 



Taziri-komore : It is difficult to procure precise information 

 as to this article. The name " tauri " or " tauri-komore " is 

 applied to an anklet or bracelet. Some are narrow bands 



