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This giant hākari (feast) stage was in the Bay of Islands in 1849. These stages could hold significant amounts of food and were an important way to illustrate the wealth, in food, of a local tribe.
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
Reference: 1995-0003-1
by Richard Aldworth Oliver
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