Haast. — Researches in Sumner Moa Cave. 



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Fishhook, made of rata, Metrosidt ros 



Piece of timber, of pukatea, having 

 holes on both sides for fastening 

 the boards of a whare 



Karera, a wooden handle made of to- 

 tara, to fasten a piece of green- 

 stone, to be used as a chisel 



Portion of a Patu patu, a large wooden 

 hammer, made of manuka 



Tahatiti-whaka, a squared piece of 

 wood (totara), to fasten the sides 

 of a canoe 



Puru, made of manuka, pin to stop 

 the holes of a canoe for letting 

 the water out 



Kauhuhua, a wooden pin, made of 

 manuka, to fasten the battens 

 across the canoe 



N.B. — Some of these pieces were re- 

 markably smooth, so that they 

 looked as if planed. After the 

 timber had been worked with 

 stone adzes, it had doubtless been 



No. 



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2 



smoothed down with pipis, or a 

 piece of greenstone, used like a 

 spokeshave. 



Tokai, a thin long stick, used to keep 

 the mouth of the fishing-net open 



Bipipawa, a knife made of manuka, 

 to loosen pawa shells 



Matiha, righting spear, made of ma- 

 nuka, pieces 



Pieces of timber having been used for 

 various purposes, such as lire- 

 sticks, portions of canoes, whares, 

 and utensils of daily life; por- 

 tions of mats, cordage, etc. 



Jvorapu, portion of net for catching 

 inangas (whitebait) 



Objects in Stone. 

 Portions of broken polished stone im- 

 plements 



Portions of broken polished green 

 stone 



No. 



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5:; 

 l 



3 

 1 



Appexdix D. 



Objects collected in the kitchen middens of the Moa-hunters, amongst 

 the sand dunes near the Moa-boiie Point Cave : 



a. — Mammals. 

 Bones of fur seals, Arctoceplialus 



cinereus 

 Bones of small fur seal, Gypsoplioca 



subtropicalis 



Bones of dog 



Bones of whale (Ziphoid) 



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Bones of 

 Bones of 

 Hones of 



Bones of 

 Tracheal 



Pieces of 



b. — Birds. 

 1. — Extinct. 

 Eimjnpteryx gravis 

 En ryapteryx rh t U Us 

 Meionorn is casuarbuis 

 Melon am is d id if or w is 



rings of different species 

 egg-shells, trays 



2. — Recent. 



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Bones of Gra cuius 2wnctatus, spotted 



Sllcl&X ••• ... ••• 



Bones of Eudyptula pachyrhyncltus y 



crested penguin 

 Bones of Eudyptula undina, small blue 



penguin 

 Bones of Anas superciliosa, grey duck 

 Bones of Nestor meridionalis, kaka ... 

 Bones of Apteryx austral is, large kiwi 



Bones of Casarca variegata, paradise 



(.LllCiv • • • ... • . • 



Bones not yet determined (small birds) 



69 



23 

 3<i 



7 



33 

 49 

 15 



53 



18 



2 



2S 



17 



13 



10 

 6 

 3 



3 



27 



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Objects of Human "Workmanship. 

 I a. — Of Bone. 



Pieces of Moa-bones, partly prepared 

 for rish-hooks 



Ornaments made of the humerus of 

 the albatross, probably to be sus- 

 pended from the neck 



b. — Of .^rone. 



Polished stone implements, chert ... 



Polished stone implements, frag- 

 mentary- 

 Pieces of gritty sandstone for polish- 

 ing and sharpening 



Pieces of obsidian, of which several 

 have the form of spear-heads ... 



Piece of pumice stone, evidently used 

 for poli shing purpos e s 



Knives and scrapers of flint 



Cores of flint 



Flakes of flint 



Flakes of palla ... 



Chipped pieces of basalt, of which 

 two are nicely formed 

 heads ; many are evidently 

 chipped for knives, scrapers; a 

 few bein£ cores 



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spear- 



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2 



3 



S 



9 



13 



1 



7 

 4 



4 



2 



G6 



Total of objects collected 



2,797 



