. 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. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. (1.) MOURNING OVER A DEAD CHIEF. (See page 8G9.). (2.) TOMB OF E TOKI. (See page 873.)(872) TOMB OF E TOKI. 873 with the contrast between the monument ofthe savage and that of the civilized the erection of the latter, marble and stoneand the most durable of metals are employed,while rapidly decaying wood, red
. 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. With new designs by Angas, Danby, Wolf, 1871. (1.) MOURNING OVER A DEAD CHIEF. (See page 8G9.). (2.) TOMB OF E TOKI. (See page 873.)(872) TOMB OF E TOKI. 873 with the contrast between the monument ofthe savage and that of the civilized the erection of the latter, marble and stoneand the most durable of metals are employed,while rapidly decaying wood, red ochre, andfeathers form the decorations of the Maoritomb. Huriwenua having been buried onlysix weeks, the ornaments of the waki-tapu,or sacred place, as those erections are called,were fresh and uninjured. The centralupright canoe was richly painted with blackand red, and at the top was written the nameof the chief; above which there hung in clus-ters, bunches of kaka feathers, forming alarge mass at the summit of the canoe. Adouble fence of high palings, also painted red,and ornamented with devices in arabesquework, extended round the grave, and at everyfastening of flax, where the horizontal railswere attached to the upright fencing, werestuck two feathers of the albatross, the sunnywhiteness of which contrasted be
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