492 MAORI ABORIGINAL MANUFACTURES. 
made of the "bark of the totara. Their principal crockery — if one may 
use the term — was supplied by the hue or gourd. In it the New Zealander 
carried water, stores, potted fish, birds, or flesh ; he also used it as a 
dish, and even as a lamp. These dishes were often beautifully orna- 
mented with tattooing. Specimens of these vessels were shown in the 
exhibition. Spoons and pronged forks were made of wood ; Mr. 
Colenso's collection included specimens of these. 
Fish-hooks, in the construction of which the Maoris displayed great 
ingenuity, were made of human bone, wood, and sharks' teeth. Several 
examples of the various kinds of fish -hooks were exhibited by Sir George 
Grey, Mr. Colenso, and others. An ingenious saw, made of a row of 
sharks' teeth firmly lashed to apiece of wood, was shown in Mr. Colenso's 
collection. Beautifully carved boxes, the design and execution of which 
exhibited great skill, were exhibited by Sir George Grey and the Auck- 
land local committee. They are about as large as a good-sized work- 
box, with projecting carved handles, the lid and sides carved in a small 
and graceful pattern. 
Articles of Ornament, Weapons, and Miscellaneous Objects. — 
Like some of their more civilized brethren, the Maoris are passionately 
fond of adorning their persons with trinkets and other ornaments. At 
the present day many of the decorations formerly used have been dis- 
continued. Ear ornaments are in general use, they are worn by both 
sexes, and are of great variety. Those of greenstone " poenamu " are 
the most highly prized; and sharks' teeth of large size are also held in 
high estimation. Sometimes ear ornaments are made of the feathers of 
the Huia or Tui birds. The neck ornament is generally of greenstone, 
carved into the resemblance of the human figure. These are called 
heitiki ; the image is not unlike a Hindoo idol, having an enormous 
face, and badly shaped legs of disproportionate size. Some heitikis 
were about the size of shillings, others were as large as plates. This 
ornament was a sort of heir-loom, being handed down from father to 
son. When a long absent relative arrived at a village, the heitiki was 
taken from his neck and wept over for the sake of those who formerly 
wore it. Heitikis were deposited with the bones of the dead until they 
were removed to their final resting place. Every tradition respecting 
this image is forgotten, but it is evidently connected with their mytho- 
logy. Haumia tiki tiki is the god of cultivated food amongst the New 
Zealanders, and tiki in various South Sea Islands is the name of an 
image. One of these ornaments was exhibited in the collection of Sir 
George Grey. 
The ear pendants of greenstone vary in form ; some are narrow 
pieces, from three to five inches in length, and others are round, thin 
and flat. They are suspended by a piece of black ribbon. The 
" Poenamu " {Nephrite, Greenstone, or Jade), of which the Maories make 
so many articles of personal adornment, and which in former times was 
