The Māori, yesterday and to-day / Māori, yesterday and today
Cowan, James, 1870-1943,
The Māori, yesterday and to-day / Māori, yesterday and today by James Cowan. - Christchurch, N.Z. : Whitcombe & Tombs, 1930. - xi, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Includes index. Whitcombe & Tombs job no. G49572.
The Maori's place in New Zealand life -- Maori-Polynesian origins -- Maori-Polynesian ships and sailors -- Maori cosmogony and religion -- The law of tapu -- Makutu: the belief in witchcraft -- On stars and star lore -- The poetry of the Maori -- Whakatauki : some Maori proverbs and aphorisms -- Artcraft of the Maori -- Moko : the tatooing art -- The Maori canoe -- Some forest lore. The fisherman's lore -- The cultivation of the kumara -- Kawhia Felix : a picture pf the past -- Amusements of the Maori -- Some folk-stories -- The shrine of an Atua -- The Maori in war -- The pole of spears : A tale of old Rotoiti -- The tangi -- An economic survey.
Bagnall, C1605
1869643348 9781869643348
40000429
Māori (New Zealand people)--History.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Folklore.
Mahi toi
Tikanga tuku iho
Atua
DU423
572.993
The Māori, yesterday and to-day / Māori, yesterday and today by James Cowan. - Christchurch, N.Z. : Whitcombe & Tombs, 1930. - xi, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Includes index. Whitcombe & Tombs job no. G49572.
The Maori's place in New Zealand life -- Maori-Polynesian origins -- Maori-Polynesian ships and sailors -- Maori cosmogony and religion -- The law of tapu -- Makutu: the belief in witchcraft -- On stars and star lore -- The poetry of the Maori -- Whakatauki : some Maori proverbs and aphorisms -- Artcraft of the Maori -- Moko : the tatooing art -- The Maori canoe -- Some forest lore. The fisherman's lore -- The cultivation of the kumara -- Kawhia Felix : a picture pf the past -- Amusements of the Maori -- Some folk-stories -- The shrine of an Atua -- The Maori in war -- The pole of spears : A tale of old Rotoiti -- The tangi -- An economic survey.
Bagnall, C1605
1869643348 9781869643348
40000429
Māori (New Zealand people)--History.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs.
Māori (New Zealand people)--Folklore.
Mahi toi
Tikanga tuku iho
Atua
DU423
572.993