THE JOURNAL

OF THE

POLYNESIAN SOCIETY

Containing the Transactions and Proceedings
of the Society.

VOL. 35.

1926.

New Plymouth, N.Z.:

PRINTED FOR THE SOCIETY BY THOMAS AVERY & SONS LTD., DEVON STREET.

Tapitapi, or The Tattooing of Females on Santa Anna and

Santa Catalina (Solomon Group). By Henry Kuper

Notes on Customs, Ritual, and Beliefs Pertaining to Sickness,

Death, Burial, and Exhumation Among the Maori of New

Zealand. By Elsdon Best..

The Story of Te Huhuti of Te Roto-a-tara. By the Rev. H.

J. Fletcher

Notes on the Moa. By T. W. Downes

Some Honorific and Sacerdotal Terms and Personifications met

with in Maori Narratives

Word List

Boomerang Found at Muriwai Beach, Auckland. By H. Hamilton,

Dominion Museum

The Oracle-house in Polynesia. By E. S. Craighill Handy

Review

Science Congress at Dunedin

Notes and Queries

"Threshold of the Pacific," by Rev. C. E. Fox.

Publications Received ....

Unuhanga arawhata-Another Unknown Artifact from

Swamp Land-Rakaihautu-Astronomical Beliefs in Assam

-A Strange Tale from the Year 1846.

Notice to Members: "The Maori," by Elsdon Best

No. 138.-June, 1926.

The Legend of Mahu and Taewha. Collected by Elsdon Best

The Evolution of Maori Clothing. By Te Rangi Hiroa (P. H.

Buck), D.S.O., M.D.

A Recently-Discovered Carved Stone Figure. By Gilbert Archey

He tangi na Hine-matioro mo tona mokopuna, mo Te Kani-a-

Takirau, i tona haerenga ki Te Kahanui-a-Tiki. Collected

by Elsdon Best

Sacerdotal Terms, etc., met with in Maori Narrative

Word List

Reviews

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"The Story of Old Wairoa," by Thomas Lambert;
"Mare-
hurehu," by Marc Chadourne et Maurice Guierre; "The His-
tory of Tattooing and its Significance," by W. D. Hambly.

Publications Received

Notes and Queries

Maori Proverbs connected with the term Ngahuru-Stone

Artifacts of Unknown Use-Excavations in French Indo-

china-An Unknown Artifact from Swamp Land-Mummi-

fication Among the Maori.

Proceedings

Notice to Members: "The Maori," by Elsdon Best