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Show 3 PRIMITIVE«PAPERMAKIN transplnting Atheprosenttime nota vetige of the paper mulberry tre part of New Zealand, but it issaid thata few trees survivedi exi tsinan i toW. M. Fraser, Esquire, Harbour Board Engineer during dredging operationsinthe HateaRiver, head watersof Whangarei Harbour, North Island The twobark-paper beaters that were found i the HateaRiver,New Zealand,and though tohave been used by theancient Maoris inMay1923. They were found close together, abou six feet deep, in an ol gravel bed whic at high water, is coveredby the tide. Froma geologica S easciat ol seEon 00l e eolers oA beon e Huun st from one of the upper valleys not less than four hundredyears ago. The S in e A R o 1 S o o them and making the drawings. The small beater is about ten inches lon e the large one, twelve and a balf inchesin length Iy fa ioned ro havybraoch of the kauri(Agathisaustzalo. Specimenso perar scarceand ragments exist, an thesear?notabsolu(elvauthennc.ThelateDoctexWfllmmTuR Brigham Hyde, Cental Otg s now i the Otago of aboriginalcraftsandcustomsitisdisheartenin to visitman onhe.slauawnh Pacific, where not a trace of their former splendour recticed b ociety Marque and other accessible island group are reached too easil by travellers to b Teftundisturbed, so it is necessary to voyage toislands that are more off th beaten path toget beyond the destroying influence of the white manan ‘maling and decorating of bark-paper in its aboriginal state Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |