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Roria

Roria obs. Jew'sharp of the Maori of New Zealand, made of a curved wooden tongue tied to a short stick so that its end is left free. Another form consisted merely of a piece of wood the size of a little finger, scraped thin at one end and held close to the teeth while it was plucked (8). Andersen, H. Maori Music. New Plymouth, New Zealand, 1935.

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