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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo11amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Tin: MM sorrii si:.i iiximur i30 To the u'<'ii('r;il piiMic the cxliil))! iii llic new liall will he ot" interest, as sliowiiiu llic (lei;i'ee of (ultiirt' wliicli couM he attained hy ))eo;)le who at the time of their diseoxcry were wholly iunoraiit of any form of metal work. Stone or shell ad/es took the place of iron tools, and e\( ii the hnuc heams and rafters of some of the natixc hahitations were held in ;)osition not hy nails hnt hy a cordage known as " sinnet " made from eoeoamit (ilire. \v\ with the crude a))pliances at their dis))osal the Maori were ahle to con- struct laruc and richly decorated l)uilis, of which a fair idea is ui\('n hy the model in the tower oil' the main hall, and they had skill to car\c the hcautiful canoe prows which excited the admiration of early trax'clers. The ( Ook Islanders i)ro(luced the ceremonial ad/es and paddles exhihited in two npriuht cases of the I'olynesian section of the Hall; and the Mela- nesians of New Ireland executed their sacred carvings which while not beau- tiful accordinji- to otn* standards display a hi<i;h deuree of technical skill.
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The SxATt'E of tiik Maoiu Wakiuoh Dl RlX(i the i)ast winter a trouj) of Maori, the nati\(' people of New Zealand, performed some of their old-time dances in the Hippodrome and it was possible to lia\'e them j)ay sexcral visits to the Museum, on which occasions they were photographed in \arious ;)ositions. It seemed highly desirable to .secure life-size representations of memlx-rs of tlie eom))any in characteristic attitudes and after some j)re- liminary discussion the chief Kiwi and one of the younger men, Hautuote- rangi, consented to be cast. The pose suggested to the latter was that of an ancient warrior in an attitude of defiance, with tongue protruding and one leg above the ground. Thus originated the figure of the Maori warrior at the entrance to the tower of the new South Sea Hall. Hautuoterangi felt highly honored to be the representati\(' of his race, so that his descendants might .see the statue when they visited the great city at any future time. His family pride was evinced in a desire that his family register for many generations back be engraved upon the jade.

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