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Title: General guide to the exhibition halls of the American Museum of Natural History
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History Sherwood, George Herbert, 1876-1937 Lucas, Frederic A. (Frederic Augustus), 1852-1929 Miner, Roy Waldo, 1875-1955
Subjects: American Museum of Natural History Natural history museums
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
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rage is known as ava inTahiti but is identical with kava of other islands. The woman to the right is manufacturing rootingfrom pandanus leaves in an elaborate form often employed in Tahiti. Life size figures cast in theMuseum from Tahitian fire-walkers who once visited New York City in 1935 l>v the Templcton Crocker Expedi-tion. Statues such as these, representing de-parted chieftains, were found set up on stoneplatforms all along the coast of Faster Island. Circular stone mats of red tufa formerlycompleted the figure. Directly in the center of the hall is a Tahi-tian priest taking part in the fire-walking TAHITIAN FIRE-MAKER AND COCONUT GRATER. The old way to make fire in Tahitiwas to rub a blunt-pointed stick in a groove made in another until the dust became ignited.The natives produced fire within a few minutes. In preparing grated coconut the Tahitians siton a stool which has a blade projecting in front. This blade is used for grating the white inside part of the coconut u£ik.
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