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_aBest, Elsdon,
_d1856-1931,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Māori /
_cby Eldon Best.
260 _aWellington, NZ :
_bHarry H. Tombs,
_c1924.
300 _a2 volumes (xv, 528, ix, 637 pages) :
_billustrations ;
_c21 cm
490 1 _aMemoirs of the Polynesian Society ;
_vvolume V.
500 _a"Originally published as Volume V of the Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, Wellington, 1924 and reissued 1941. This facsimile edition by Cadsonbury Publications 2011."
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (v. 1.: pages 481-483 ; v. 2.: p. 593-596) and index.
505 0 _aVol. 1. 1. Physical & mental characteristics of the Maori -- 2. The Maori as a seafarer & coloniser:- the peopling of New Zealand -- 3. Traditional history & its teaching: the whare wananga, or school of learning -- 4. Cosmogony & anthropogeny -- 5. Myth & folk lore -- 6. Religious beliefs & practices of the Maori: Maori magic -- 7. Social customs -- 8. Social customs (cont.) ; Marriage customs.
505 0 _aVol. 2. 9. Social customs (cont.) ; Customs pertaining to birth -- 10. Social customs (cont.) ; Customs pertaining to sickness, death, burial and exhumation -- 11. Social customs (cont.) ; The arts of pleasure: games and pastimes -- 12. Social customs (cont.) ; The arts of pleasure: vocal and instrumental music -- 13. The dawn of science: the rudiments of modern science as observed in maori usage -- 14. The art of war -- 15. The pa Maori or fortified village -- 16. Maori agriculture: its methods, implements and ceremonial -- 17. Fishing -- 18. Forest lore and woodcraft -- 19. Textile arts -- 20. Personal adornment -- 21. Dwelling houses and storehouses.
520 _a"The data contained in this sketch of Maori life and its activities in pre-European times is the result of an almost life-long interest in our native folk on the part of the writer [Elsdon Best]"--Preface (P. xi).
546 _aText in English with some Maori.
650 0 _939079
_aMāori (New Zealand people).
650 4 _aMāori (New Zealand people)
_xSocial life and customs.
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650 7 _aWhare wānanga
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650 7 _aTikanga
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650 7 _aPūrākau
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650 7 _aKōrero nehe
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