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Māori traditionally ate with their hands but incorporated Pākehā utensils and equipment into their eating practices in the 19th century. Here a man called Watikini is eating a potato with one hand but grasping a spoon in the other. He is also using a plate.
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Reference: E-041-046
by James Coutts Crawford
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