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 land itself which now is ours has been on this day transferred to you for ever.”

Mr. James Cowan has preserved a tradition of a famous adze which was regarded as the abiding place of a spirit and possessing a special mana of its own. This implement, named Papataunaki, was the property of one Rua three centuries ago.



A very curious adze-head (Figure 4) was exhibited in London in 1910. It was formed from a tiki, the head of which had