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The stone implements of the Māori / by Elsdon Best.

Nā: Momo rauemi: TextTextSeries: Bulletin (Dominion Museum (N.Z.) ; no. 4.Kaiwhakaputa:Wellington, N.Z. : Govt. Printer, 1974.Whakaahuatanga: 445 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0132794306
  • 9780132794305
Ngā marau: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Stone implements of the Maori.; Online version:: Stone implements of the Maori.DDC classification:
  • 621.90809931
LOC classification:
  • DU423.I4 B47 1974
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Also available in an electronic ed.
Contents:
Native names for stone adzes & chisels -- Materials used for the manufacture of adzes & chisels, & the native names thereof -- Methods of manufacture of ordinary stone tools : Details of the methods of sawing & dividing pieces of stone -- Methods employed in grinding surfaces -- Methods of stone-drilling -- Grinding-stones (Hoanga) -- handles of Toki & chisels -- Use of the stone adz, axe & chisel -- Pounamu or greenstone (Nephrite) of New Zealand -- Introduction of iron tools.
Ngā tūtohu mai i tēnei whare pukapuka: Kāore he tūtohu i tēnei whare pukapuka mō tēnei taitara. Takiuru ki te tāpiri tūtohu.
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Reprint of the 1912 ed. without textual alteration.

Includes index.

Native names for stone adzes & chisels -- Materials used for the manufacture of adzes & chisels, & the native names thereof -- Methods of manufacture of ordinary stone tools : Details of the methods of sawing & dividing pieces of stone -- Methods employed in grinding surfaces -- Methods of stone-drilling -- Grinding-stones (Hoanga) -- handles of Toki & chisels -- Use of the stone adz, axe & chisel -- Pounamu or greenstone (Nephrite) of New Zealand -- Introduction of iron tools.

Also available in an electronic ed.

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