Story: Matariki – Māori New Year
Matariki was associated not only with planting and harvesting, but also with the plentiful supply of game. Often birds would be preserved in their own fat in a gourd like the tahā huahua pictured here.
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: I.004228
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