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POUNAMU.
by Tamihana, son of the notorious chief Rauparaha, who about the year 1828 devastated the South Island in his relentless greed for greenstone. Less than two decades later Tamihana,
Figure 44
helped by his cousin Matene-te-whiwhi, nobly atoned for his father’s cruelty by winning the Southern Islanders to Christianity.
A greenstone neck-ornament of rare form (Figure 45), now at Dresden and known as Heke's tiki, has great affinity with the B type, but is exceptional in having both hands placed upon the breast. This attitude is very unusual in figures made of jade;
