Pencilled notes and drawings on miscellaneous subjects

Component identifier:

File T. Box 4

Content Summary:

Many of the papers in the file comprise lists, vocabularies and genealogies, as well as rough jottings. The headings of the more substantial notes include painting and tattooing, 'New Zealand present home of the Maori', the mental life of the home, morals, kaninga, home of the Maori, physical and mentality, chiefs, social life, hangi (food), stature of the Maoris, and 'the Maori as he was'. There is also the draft of a speech that Makereti gave at Rotorua during her visit in 1926.

In addition to brief jottings, many of the papers comprise bibliographical references and notes based on published works on New Zealand history. The headings of the somewhat more substantial notes include tohi or tua (baptismal rites), thermal springs and the home life of the Maori. Some of the papers in the file are of very poor legibility.

Processing information:

M2418-M2419

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