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THE Maori have long been famous as past masters in the art of working stone, the ornaments and implements of the beautiful nephrite (“jade”) of New Zealand being especially noteworthy. It is, therefore, with peculiar pleasure that we welcome the appearance of a monograph which deals in an adequate manner with this important subject; indeed this is the only complete account we have of stone technique in Oceania. The student must not overlook, however, the beautifully-illustrated monograph on “Ancient Hawaiian Stone Implements,” by W. T. Brigham (Mem. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, vol. i., No. 4, 1902), in which many implements from New Zealand are figured.
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HADDON, A. The Stone Technique of the Maori 1 . Nature 93, 298–299 (1914). https://doi.org/10.1038/093298a0
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