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TORCH OR RAMA used in mutton-birding - (Te Ao Hou - No. 5 Spring 1953)
- Date
- Spring 1953
- By
- Maori Affairs DepartmentMaori Affairs Department
- Publisher
- Te Ao Hou
- Description
The torch or rama was an important item of old Maori days. It appears now to have disappeared from use among all Maori communities. Fortunately we were recently able to have a specimen made by Mrs K. A. Cross, of Bluff. This is an example of the type formerly used on mutton-bird islands off Stewart Island. Mutton-birds are taken in the burrows, and...
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- Source
- Te Ao Hou - No. 5 (Spring 1953)
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