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Detail of dust wrapper - Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori

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Best, Elsdon. FISHING METHODS AND DEVICES OF THE MAORI.

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Bell, Leonard. COLONIAL CONSTRUCTS. European Images of Maori 1840-1914. BNo. 0-522-84528-2. First Edition, 1992. Pp: xvi, 291; 250mm x 185mm; 1.08kg. 8 col(pl), 150 b/w & fig. Acknowledgments, abbrev.iation, introduction, conclusion, notes, select bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1992. (This book describes cultural interchange between Europeans and non-Europeans in the nineteenth century, and the relationship between visual representation and the ideology of colonialism) (Keywords: Colonisation, cultural history, Pacific, Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori).
Book Code: P043 AU$35

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Best, Elsdon. FISHING METHODS AND DEVICES OF THE MAORI. Dominion Museum Bulletin No.12. BNo. n/a. Reprint Edition, 1986 (1929). Pp: (x), 264; 240mm x 150mm; 0.70kg. 90 b/w & fig. Foreword to reprint, preface, appendices, authorities quoted, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. V.R. Ward, Government Printer, Wellington, 1986. (This particular bulletin remains the only comprehensive account of most aspects of Maori fishing. The descriptions of methods employed in fishing given in this book are still basic for any future studies in this field) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori, fishing methods, devices).

Book Code: M085 AU$70
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Detail of wrapper - MAORI RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY (Part I)
Best, Elsdon. MAORI RELIGION AND MYTHOLOGY (Part I). An Account of the Cosmogony, Anthropogeny, Religious Beliefs and Rites, Magic and Folk Lore of the Maori Folk of New Zealand. BNo. 0-477-01093-8. Reprint Edition, 1976 (1924). Pp: 424; 240mm x 150mm; 1.10kg. 3 b/w. Foreword to reprint, preface, addenda, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (small name stamp on fep). A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, 1976. (This part is based on things spiritual and this section on religion can only be accepted today as an historical stage in the development of understanding of Maori religious beliefs. There are also sections recording rituals) (Keywords: Religion, mythology, Pacific, Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori, rituals).
Book Code: P003 AU$55

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Best, Elsdon. THE PA MAORI. An account of the fortified villages of the Maori in pre-European modern times; illustrating methods of defence by means of ramparts, fosses, scarps and stockades. BNo. n/a. Reprint Edition, 1975 (1927). Pp: xvi, 460; 240mm x 150mm; 1.10kg. 136 b/w & fig. Foreword to reprint, preface, list of terms, list of authorities, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. A.R. Shearer, Government Printer, Wellington, 1975. (This bulletin contains not only a general account of the ancient Maori fort or pa, with its later modifications, but gives detailed descriptions and plans of earthworks of numerous idividual pa, many of them famous in Maori history) (Keywords: Cultural history, warfare, Pacific, Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori).

Book Code: M088 AU$70
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Detail of wrap - Art and Artifacts: POLYNESIA. (dalleva2p 150/193)
D'Alleva, Anne. ART AND ARTIFACTS OF POLYNESIA. Catalogue of the Hurst Gallery 1990. BNo. 0-9628074-0-0. First Edition, 1990 (pb). Pp: 63; 275mm x 210mm; 0.32kg. 12 col, 32 b/w, 1 map. Foreword, introduction, bibliography. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor wear on wrp). Hurst Gallery,Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1990. (Nearly all the objects in the exhibition are over 100 years old, some dating to the 18th century. The catalogue contains a description, comment, provenance and reference on 77 Polynesian objects) (Keywords: Ethnology, artefacts, Austral, Tahiti, Rarotonga, Niue, Marquesas, Nukuoro, Maori, New Zealand).
Book Code: M034 AU$53
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Dodd, Edward. POLYNESIAN ART. Genetics, environments, heredity, traditions and forms. BNo. 67-16863. First American Edition, 1967. Pp: 368; 310mm x 220mm; 2.00kg. 422 b/w & fig, 1 map. Glossary, acknowledgments, tools and materials, index. A good hardback copy. Cvr: g. (lacks dw; minor bump). Dodd, Mead & Company, New York, 1967. (This is the first cmprehensive book on the art of the Pacific islands of Polynesia. The central thesis of this book is the similarities and inter-relationship of the ocean island art and includes not only Easter Island, Hawaii and New Zealand but also Rarotonga, Mangareva and other south central islands., and from the Marquesas, Samoa, Fiji and Tonga) (Keywords: Ethnology, Taputapuatea, Hei tiki, adze, paddle, headrest, musical instruments, menehune, helmet, feather cloak).

Book Code: N591 AU$500
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