Volume 7, 1874
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Appendix C.
List of objects found in the upper, or Maori, deposits of the Moa-bone Point Cave:—
| No. |
a.—Remains of Mammals.
| Bones, human | 3 |
| Bones of whales, ziphoid | 12 |
| Bones of porpoise | 9 |
| Bones of dog | 51 |
| Bones of sea leopard, Stenorhynchus leptonyx | 11 |
| Bones of fur seal, Arctocephalus cinereus | 37 |
| Bones of little fur seal, Gypsophoca subtropicalis | 19 |
| Bones of rat | 3 |
b.—Remains of Birds.
(1) Extinct.
| Small pieces of Moa bones, mostly bleached and decomposed | 7 |
(2) Recent.
| Bones of Graculus punctatus, spotted shag | 104 |
| Bones of Graculus sp. | 17 |
| Bones of Anas superciliosa, grey duck | 8 |
| Bones of Circus assimilis, harrier | 3 |
| Bones of Ardea alba, white crane | 2 |
| Bones of Casarca variegata, paradise duck | 3 |
| Bones of Apteryx australis, large kiwi | 2 |
| Bones of Ossifraga gigantea, nelly | 1 |
| Bones of small birds, not yet determined | 37 |
| Feathers of Graculus punctatus, spotted shag | 62 |
| Feathers of Stringops hatroptilus, kakapo | 49 |
c.—Remains of Fishes.
| Bones of hapuku, Oligorus gigas | 164 |
| Bones of other fishes not yet determined | 37 |
d.—Remains of Mollusks.
| Mytilus smaragdinus, mussel, numerous, tray | 1 |
| Chione stutchburyi, cockle, numerous, tray | 1 |
| Mesodesma chemnitzii, pipi, numerous, tray | 1 |
| Amphibola avellana, periwinkle, numerous, tray | 1 |
| Mesodesma cuneata, numerous, tray | 1 |
| Lutraria deshayesii, kokotu, about 30 of them lying very close together upon the dirt-bed, tray | 1 |
| Mactra discors, a few, tray | 1 |
| Voluta pacifica, a few, tray | 1 |
| Turbo smaragdus, a few, tray | 1 |
| Unio aucklandicus, a few, tray | 1 |
| Haliotis iris, a few, tray | 1 |
| No. |
Objects in Wood, Bone, or Fibre.
| Pieces of a toa, a long thin spear made of tawa, Nesodaphne tawa, to shoot birds with. At the upper end a barbed point, called tara, was fastened, made of human or bird's bone | 6 |
| A wooden implement (fishhook) made of pukatea, Atherosperma novæ-zealandiæ, with a small piece of whale's tooth, called mata, standing backwards. Manga oko-oko | 1 |
| Fernroot pounders, Patu aruhe, manufactured from maire, Santalum cunninghamii | 4 |
| Fernroot pounder, Patu aruhe, manufactured from akeake, Olearia sp. | 1 |
| Fragments of Matiha tuna, fork for spearing eels, made of manuka, Leptospermum scoparium | 4 |
| Portion of a batten for a whare, kaho, made of turepo, Hoheria populnea, ribbon-wood | 1 |
| Portions of several Whaka kai, wooden dishes, for the preservation of fat and juice | 13 |
| Parrot-stands, Taka ore kaka, made of pukatea, Atherosperma novæ-zealandiæ | 2 |
| Pu-tatara, small trumpet, blown by the mouth, made of a Struthiolaria shell, with an opening at the point. According to Maori information, its use was confined to chiefs, the approach of whom would be announced by its sound | 2 |
| Mata, mouth of flax bag, made by twisted thin sticks, for preserving birds in their own fat, after being cooked | 1 |
| Taka kai, matting used for covering the food in the hangi, or oven, to keep it clean from the earth and ashes | 2 |
| Parenga-renga, sandals made of flax, or of ti-tree leaves (not used in the Northern Island) | 3 |
| Pieces of nets; the floater of pumice stone attached to one of them, is called poito | 4 |
| Pawa shells, in which the holes at the exterior border are filled with flax, used as a vessel for keeping oil | 4 |
| Fishhooks, Matao, for catching hapuku, made of kaikai-atua, Rhabdothamnus solandri | 4 |
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| No. | |
| Fishhook, made of rata, Metrosideros | 1 |
| Piece of timber, of pukatea, having holes on both sides for fastening the boards of a whare | 1 |
| Karera, a wooden handle made of totara, to fasten a piece of greenstone, to be used as a chisel | 1 |
| Portion of a Patu patu, a large wooden hammer, made of manuka | 1 |
| Tahatiti-whaka, a squared piece of wood (totara), to fasten the sides of a canoe | 1 |
| Puru, made of manuka, pin to stop the holes of a canoe for letting the water out | 2 |
| Kauhuhua, a wooden pin, made of manuka, to fasten the battens across the canoe | 2 |
| N.B.—Some of these pieces were remarkably smooth, so that they looked as if planed. After the timber had been worked with stone adzes, it had doubtless been smoothed down with pipis, or a piece of greenstone, used like a spokeshave. | |
| Tokai, a thin long stick, used to keep the mouth of the fishing-net open | 2 |
| Ripipawa, a knife made of manuka, to loosen pawa shells | 1 |
| Matiha, fighting spear, made of manuka, pieces | 6 |
| Pieces of timber having been used for various purposes, such as fire-sticks, portions of canoes, whares, and utensils of daily life; portions of mats, cordage, etc. | 53 |
| Korapu, portion of net for catching inangas (whitebait) | 1 |
Objects in Stone.
| Portions of broken polished stone implements | 3 |
| Portions of broken polished greenstone | 1 |