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Page xlvi
It was covered , and hung round , with cloth and mats of different colours , so as to have a pretty effect . There was one piece of scarlet broad - cloth four or five yards in length , conspicuous amongst the other ornaments , which ...
It was covered , and hung round , with cloth and mats of different colours , so as to have a pretty effect . There was one piece of scarlet broad - cloth four or five yards in length , conspicuous amongst the other ornaments , which ...
Page xlvii
For , when I first went to survey it the cloth and its appendages were all rolled up ; but at my request the two attendants hung it out in order , first dressing themselves in clean white robes . They told me that the Chief had been ...
For , when I first went to survey it the cloth and its appendages were all rolled up ; but at my request the two attendants hung it out in order , first dressing themselves in clean white robes . They told me that the Chief had been ...
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They gave me cloth , and a hog , and after that I set out again for the district of Guayuriri , where I arrived at sundown and was welcomed with much cordiality by the natives : and we passed the night there without incident , the wind ...
They gave me cloth , and a hog , and after that I set out again for the district of Guayuriri , where I arrived at sundown and was welcomed with much cordiality by the natives : and we passed the night there without incident , the wind ...
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and the MYSTIC BOWL of MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA xxxivxli | xxxiv |
The MYSTIC BOWL of MARAE TAPUTAPUATEA to face page | xxxvi |
Description of the PLATES and CHART xlixlix | xli |
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