Maori heads set for return to New Zealand

Three preserved Maori heads – one belonging to a warrior chief with 40 wives - and a leg bone hidden away in a museum for almost a century could be on their way back to New Zealand.

Maori heads set for return to New Zealand

Three preserved Maori heads – one belonging to a warrior chief with 40 wives - and a leg bone hidden away in a museum for almost a century could be on their way back to New Zealand.

The tattooed preserved heads, called toi moko, and the leg bone have never been on display. They have been kept under lock and key at Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow.

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