A maripi tuatini, shark tooth knife, which was collected on Captain Cooks first voyage in 1769, at Queen Charlotte Sound
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A maripi tuatini, shark tooth knife, which was collected on Captain Cooks first voyage in 1769, at Queen Charlotte Sound

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A maripi tuatini, shark tooth knife, which was collected on Captain Cooks first voyage in 1769, at Queen Charlotte Sound, Maripi tuatini were used only for a most dangerous and tapu task, the cutting up of human flesh. New Zealand. Maori. c 18th c Queen Charlotte Sound.

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