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English: (1.) Paratene Maioha in his state war cloak. (See page 812.) (2.) The chief's daughter. (See page 821.) (3.) Hongi-Hongi, chief of Waipa. (See page 850.)

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Title: The uncivilized races of men in all countries of the world; being a comprehensive account of their manners and customs, and of their physical, social, mental, moral and religious characteristics. By Rev. J. G. Wood... With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, Zwecker... 1871
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Wood, John George, 1827-1889
Subjects: Ethnology. Manners and customs. Savages
Publisher: J. B. Burr and company
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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Text on page 812:
A very remarkable mat is possessed by a powerful chief named Paratene Maioha. It is made of strips of dogs' fur sewed over a large flaxen mat. A portrait of this celebrated chief is given in the illustration No. 1, on the 820th page, partly to show the aspect of a Maori chief in time of peace, and partly to give the reader an idea of the peculiar look of the war cloak.
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The figure in question is the portrait of the daughter of a chief. Her name is Tienga, and she is the daughter of a very powerful and celebrated chief. Her costume is, like her character, an odd mixture of civilization and nature. Her mantle is the native flax mat, under which she may probably wear a muslin, or even silken, garment, article of dress in which the young lady in question was, when her portrait was taken, exceedingly proud. On her she wears a common straw hat, purchased from the trader at some five hundred per cent. or so above its value, and round it she has twisted a bunch of a species of clematis, which grows with great luxuriance in the forests.
Text on page 850
... on the 820th page, a portrait of Hongi-Hongi, as he appeared in the year 1844, dressed in his full panoply of war costume. In his ear is one of the green jade ornaments which have already been described, and in his right hand he bears his merai [sic], the celebrated weapon .... He is represented as standing just inside the wall of his pah ....
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