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1 y -ansae tio ns. — Miscellaneous. 



Appendix C. 

 List of objects found in the upper, or Maori, deposits of the Moa-bone 



Point Cave : 



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a. — Remains of Mammals. 

 Bones, human 



Bones of whales, ziphoid . . . 



Bones of porpoise 



Bones of dog 



Bones of sea leopard, Stenorhynclais 



leptonyx 

 Bones of fur seal, A r otocephalus cine- 



reus 



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Bones of little fur seal, Gypsophoca 



subtropicalis 

 Bones of rat 



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b. — Remains of Birds. 



(1) Extinct. 



Small pieces of Moa bones, mostly 

 bleached and decomposed 



(2) Recent. 



Bones of Graculus punctatus, spotted 



allSLQ • - • • • • ... 



Bones of Graculus sp. 

 Bones of Anas super ciliosa, grey duck 

 Bones of Circus asslmilis, harrier . . . 

 Bones of Ardea alba, white crane ... 

 Bones of Casarca variegata, paradise 

 duck 



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Bones of Apteryx australis, large kiwi 

 Bones of Ossifraga gigantea, nelly ... 

 Bones of small birds, not yet deter- 

 mined 



Feathers of Graculus punctatus, spotted 

 shag 



Feathers of Strlngops hatroplilus, ka- 

 kapo 



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c— Remains of Fishes. 

 Bones of hapuku, Oligorus gigas 

 Bones of other fishes not yet deter- 

 mined 



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d. — Remains of Mollusks. 



Alytilus smaragdinuSj mussel, nu- 

 merous, tray 



Chione stutchburyi, cockle, numerous, 

 tray 



Mesodesma chemnitzii, pipi, numerous, 

 tray 



Amphibola avellana, periwinkle, nu- 

 merous, tray 

 Ilesodesma cuneata, numerous, tray 

 Lutraria deshayesii, kokotu, about 

 30 of them lying very close to- 

 gether upon the dirt-bed, tray... 

 Mactra discors, a few, tray 

 Voluta paclfica, a few, tray 

 Turbo smaragdus, a few, tray 

 Unio aucklandicus, a few, tray 

 Haliotis iris, a few, tray 



No. 



3 

 12 



9 

 51 



11 



37 



19 

 3 



7 



104 



17 



8 

 3 

 2 



3 

 2 



1 



37 



62 

 49 



164 

 37 



1 



1 



1 

 1 



1 

 1 



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1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 

 1 



j Objects in Wood, Bone, or Fibre 



Pieces of a toa, a long thin spear 

 made of tawa, Nesodaphne tawa, 

 to shoot birds with. At the upper 

 end a barbed point, called tara, 

 was fastened, made of human or 

 bird's bone ... 



A wooden implement (fishhook) made 

 of pukatea, Atherosperma novai- 

 zealandiw, with a small piece of 

 whale's tooth, called mata, stand- 

 ing backwards. Manga oko-oko 



Fernroot pounders, Patu aruhe, manu- 

 factured from maire, Santalum 

 cunntnghamii 



Fernroot pounder, Patu aruhe, manu- 

 factured from akeake, Olearia 



sp 



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Fragments of Matiha tuna, fork for 

 spearing eels, made of manuka, 

 Leptosperm n m scoparium 



Portion of a batten for a whare, kaho, 

 made of turepo, Hoheria popul- 

 nea, ribbon-wood 



Portions of several Whaka kai, wooden 

 dishes, for the preservation of fat 

 and juice 



Parrot-stands, Taka ore kaka, made 

 of pukatea, Atherosperma novai- 

 zealandm 



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Pu-tatara, small trumpet, blown by 

 the mouth, made of a Strut hio- 

 laria shell, with an opening at 

 the point. According to Maori 

 information, its use was confined 

 to chiefs, the approach of whom 

 would be announced by its sound 



Mata, mouth of flax bag, made by 

 twisted thin sticks, for preserving 

 birds in their own fat, after being 

 cooked 



Taka kai, matting used for covering 

 the food in the hangi, or oven, 

 to keep it clean from the earth 

 and ashes 



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Parenga-renga, sandals made of iiax, 

 or of ti-tree leaves (not used in 

 the Northern Island) ... 



Pieces of nets ; the floater of pumice 

 stone attached to one of them, is 

 called poito 



Pawa shells, in which the holes at the 

 exterior border are filled with 

 flax, used as a vessel for keeping 

 oil ... 



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Fishhooks, Matao, for catching ha- 

 puku, made of kaikai-atua, Jihab- 

 dothamnus solandrh 



No. 



6 



I 



4 



1 



4 



1 



1 



6 



2 



2 



1 



2 



3 



4 



4 



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4 



