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Volume 5 38 |
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"HOW SADLY OUR CANNIBAL FEASTS HAVE DEGENERATED!" |
MAORI AMAZON AND HER CARVEN CLUB |
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| The flowers entwined in their bushy black mops indicate the festive spirits of these hungry Fijians who, around a ground-oven, are watching the various stages in the transformation of pig into pork. Not so many years ago their chief table luxury was "long pig," human flesh supplied by friends or foes; nowadays, thanks to missionary influence, mere "pig" provides the favourite dainty | In former days it was not uncommon for the women to follow their men to battle, encouraging warlike fervour by their carelessness of death. The Maori taste for carving is seen to advantage in their weapons |