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Elsdon Best, 1931

Elsdon Best, 1931

An unidentified Māori man is observed playing a nose flute

An unidentified Māori man is observed playing a nose flute

Paratene Ngata (right), Elsdon Best (centre) and John Nukunuku (left)

Paratene Ngata (right), Elsdon Best (centre) and John Nukunuku (left)

Fellow ethnologists Elsdon Best (left) and Percy Smith, 1908

Fellow ethnologists Elsdon Best (left) and Percy Smith, 1908

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