Haast. — Besearches in Sumner Moa Cave. 



85 



Fishhook, made of rata, Metrosideros 



Piece of timber, of piikatea, 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. 

 1 



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 



Pipipawa, a knife made of manuka, 

 to loosen pawa shells 



Matiha, fighting spear, made of ma- 

 nuka, pieces 



Pieces of timber having been used for 

 various purposes, such as fire- 

 sticks, portions of canoes, whares, 

 and utensils of daily life; por- 

 tions of mats, cordage, etc. 



Korapu, portion of net for catching 

 inangas (whitebait) 



Objects in Stone. 



Portions of broken polished stone im- 

 plements 



Portions of broken polished green- 

 stone 



No. 



53 



Appendix T>. 

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

 the sand dunes near the Moa-bone Point Cave : — 



a. — Mammals. 

 Bones of fur seals, Arctoceplialus 



cinereus ... ... ... 69 



Bones of small fur seal, Gypsojplioca 



suhtropicalis ... ... 23 



Bones of dog ... ' . . . ... 36 



Bones of whale (Ziphoid) ... ... 7 



h. — Birds. 

 1. — Extinct. 



Bones of Euryapteryx gravis ... 33 



Bones of Euryapteryx rheides ... 49 



Bones of Meionornis casuarinus ... 15 



Bones of Meionornis didiformis - ... 53 



Tracheal rings of different species ... 18 



Pieces of egg-shells, trays ... 2 



2. — Pecent. 

 Bones of Graculus punctatus, spotted 



shag ... ... ... 28 



Bones of Eudyptula pachyrhynchus, 



crested penguin ... ... 17 



Bones of Eudyptula undina, small blue 



penguin ... ... ... 13 



Bones of Anas superclUosa, grey duck 10 

 Bones of Nestor meridiojialis, kaka ... 6 

 Bones of Apteryx australis, large kiwi 3 

 Bones of Casarca variegata, paradise 



duck ... ... ... 3 



Bones not yet determined (small birds) 27 



Objects of Human Workmanship. 

 a. — Of Bone. 



Pieces of Moa-bones, partly prepared 



for fish-hooks ... ... 2 



Ornaments made of the humerus of 

 the albatross, probably to be sus- 

 pended from the neck ... 2 



&.— Of Stone. 



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 polishing purposes 



Knives and scrapers of flint 



Cores of flint 



Flakes of flint 



Flakes of palla 



Chipped pieces of basalt, of which 

 two are nicely formed spear- 

 heads ; many are evidently 

 chipped for knives, scrapers; a 

 few being cores 



13 



1 



7 

 4 



48 



2 



66 



Total of objects collected ... 2,797 



