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== Gordon Griffiths ==
 
== Gordon Griffiths ==
  
Griffiths was a warehouseman with a strong interest in archaeology. He was a collector of Maori aretefacts at one stage displaying them in a local pioneer hall, along with a catalogue (Samson 2003:111). Much of his collection was bequeathed to the South Canterbury Museum but they passed most of it to the [[Otago Museum]] (Samson 2003:161).  
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Griffiths was a warehouseman with a strong interest in archaeology. He was a collector of Maori artefacts at one stage displaying them in a local pioneer hall, along with a catalogue (Samson 2003:111). Much of his collection was bequeathed to the [[South Canterbury Museum]] but they passed most of it to the [[Otago Museum]] (Samson 2003:161).  
  
 
Samson, J. O. 2003 Cultures of collecting: Maori curio collecting in Murihiku, 1865-1975 : a dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand  
 
Samson, J. O. 2003 Cultures of collecting: Maori curio collecting in Murihiku, 1865-1975 : a dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand  

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Gordon Griffiths

Griffiths was a warehouseman with a strong interest in archaeology. He was a collector of Maori artefacts at one stage displaying them in a local pioneer hall, along with a catalogue (Samson 2003:111). Much of his collection was bequeathed to the South Canterbury Museum but they passed most of it to the Otago Museum (Samson 2003:161).

Samson, J. O. 2003 Cultures of collecting: Maori curio collecting in Murihiku, 1865-1975 : a dissertation submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand


Bibliography

1941 Discovery and Excavation of an Old Maori (No.l) Camp Near Normanby, Timaru, Journal of the Polynesian Society 50:211-31.

1942 Discovery of a Moa Egg at Shag River-Mouth, Journal of the Polynesian Society 51:81-85.

1942 Excavation of Maori No.2 Camp, Near Normanby, Timaru, Journal of the Polynesian Society 51:115-25.

1955 South Canterbury Maori Camps, No.3. Investigations at Pareora, Journal of the Polynesian Society 64:233-36.