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TE MUTU, CHIEF OF THE IHUTAI WITH HIS SONS PATUONI AND TE KURI HOKIANGA, The New Zealanders Illustrated, 1847, TE MUTU, CHIEF OF THE IHUTAI WITH HIS SONS PATUONI AND TE KURI HOKIANGA.

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PLATE XVI.

TE MUTU, WITH HIS SONS PATUONE AND TE KURI.

TE Mutu is the Chief of the Ihutai, a subdivision of the great tribe of the Nga Puis, residing near Hokianga River, in the west coast of the northern portion of the Island. Te Mutu is below the usual stature of the New Zealanders; he is lame, from a wound he received some years ago during one of the engagements with the Waikato Tribes; his character is frank and open, and his conversation full of pleasantry and wit. He is remarkably fond of his children, who usually travel with him. I met him at Waingaroa on the west coast, where he was staying on a visit to Awaitaia, or William Naylor.

Te Mutu is represented wearing a rich mat, called Tahi uru, made of dogs hair, fastened into a fabric of the finest flax, and beneath it is another, dyed black, and called wahinau, which is ornamented at the border with crimson wool; this latter is very beautiful and scarce. In his hand is his Meri poonamu, or weapon of greenstone, which is an article always possessed by a chief, and more highly prized than any other portion of his property. Many of the chiefs of the interior have very large meris, of the finest jade or greenstone, which are passed from father to son, and invested with an almost sacred value. The eldest son wears a Kaitaka mat of silk-like flax; and the younger one is wrapped in a kokahu, dyed black by the juice of the hinau; this garment is generally worn in the winter, or during wet weather, being impervious to the rain, which runs off it as from the thatched roof of a house.
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テ・ムツ、ヒフ・オ・テ・テ・パトゥオニ・テ・クリ・ホキアンガ、ニュージーランド人イラスト、1847年、テ・ムツ、ヒフ・オ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・テ・プトゥオニ・テ・テ・ホキアンガ。[脚注の使い方] PLATE XVI。武、武、武。TEムトゥは、島の西海岸のホキアンガ川付近に居住するンガプイス族の主要部族の下位区分であるイフタイ族の首長です。テ・ムツはニュージーランド人の一般的な地位の下にいる。彼は、ワイカト族との婚約中に何年か前に受けた傷から、不潔で、口も利かず、会話に心地よいと機知で満ちている。彼は子供がとても好きで、たいてい一緒に旅行する。西海岸のウェインガロアで彼と出会い、そこで彼はアワイタイア、またはウィリアム・ネイラーを訪ねていた。テ・ムトゥは、犬の毛でできたタヒ・ウルと呼ばれる豊かなマットを身に着け、最も美しい亜麻布の布に締め、その下にもう1つの黒染めのワヒナウと呼ばれる、紅毛で縁取りを飾った服を身に着けている。彼の手には、彼のメリ・プオナム、つまり常に首長が所有し、彼の財産の他のどの部分よりも高く評価されている緑石の武器がある。内陸部の首長の多くは、父親から息子へと受け継がれ、ほぼ神聖な価値を付与された最高のヒスイや緑の石のメリスを非常に大きく持っている。長男は絹の貝を、次男はの汁で黒く染めたに巻かれ、冬や雨天などは雨に濡れ、家の茅葺き屋根のように雨が降ると、雨が降るとすぐ消える。
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テ・ムトゥ、ヒフ・オブ・ザ・イフタイ・ウィズ・ヒス・パトゥオニ・アンド・テ・クリ・ホキアンガ、ニュージーランド人イラスト、1847年、ニュージーランド人イラストレイテッド
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pleasantry impervious eldest hand travel-worn