The Māori, yesterday and to-day / by James Cowan.
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TextPublication details: Christchurch, N.Z. : Whitcombe & Tombs, 1930.Description: xi, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmISBN: - 1869643348
- 9781869643348
- Māori, yesterday and today
- 572.993 20
- DU423
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| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milne collection | Stratford Archive room | Heritage | 993.101 COW (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Not for Loan | A00324758 |
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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
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