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PLATE VI

Nephrite ornament and amulet, known as Hei-tiki. It is supposed to represent a human foetus and is worn to preserve the wearer against the attacks of the spirits of still-born children, who are supposed to be especially malicious because they regard themselves as cheated out of the chance of life. Maori of New Zealand. Peabody Museum, Salem, Massachusetts.