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Detail of cover of TE AHO TAPU - The Sacred Thread
Pendergrast, Mick & Brian Brake. TE AHO TAPU - The Sacred Thread. Traditional Maori Weaving. BNo. 0-7900-0328-7. Reprint Edition, 1999 (1987) (pb). Pp: 124; 260mm x 190mm; 0.48kg. 57 col, 68 b/w; 53 fig. Preface, foreword, introduction, glossary, references. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd, Auckland, 1999. (This book is a record of Maori women's weaving and covers all facets of the craft from dyes, materials, the weaving process, ornamentation, and shaping) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, New Zealand, Maori, Pukupuku, Kaitaka, Korowai, Kahu, Rapaki, Potae taua).
Book Code: N011 AU$18
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Phillipps, William J. MAORI CARVING ILLUSTRATED (3rd Ed). With revisions by D.R. Simmons. BNo. 0-589-01395-5. Reprint Third Edition, 1984 (1955)(pb). Pp: 48; 250mm x 185mm; 0.15kg. 47 b/w, 20 fig. Contents. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (minor wear on wrp). A.H. & A.W. Reed Ltd, Wellington, 1984. (This book describes the traditional features of Maori art and defines the characteristic differences of the carvings from the major regions: Marakihau, Ngutuihe, Wakahuia, and Arawa) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Polynesia, New Zealand, Maori).
Book Code: K519 AU$24
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Detail of wrapper - OCEANIC MYTHOLOGY. (poignant2p 150/201 POIG2)
Poignant, Roslyn. OCEANIC MYTHOLOGY. The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1967. Pp: 5-141; 275mm x 205mm; 0.75kg. 29 col, 100 b/w, 1 map. Author's note, introduction, further reading list, acknowledgments, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Paul Hamlyn, London, 1967. (The author has recorded versions of myths which have been recounted by storytellers. These stories have been collected by explorers, travellers, missionaries, government officials and scholars who have recorded and commented on the oral literature and traditions of the peoples of the Pacific) (Keywords: Mythology, ethnology, Pacific, Solomon Islands, Djanggawul, Arnhem Land, Walbiri, Yuendumu, Hawaii, Tawhaki, Maori, Ambrim, Vanuatu).
Book Code: F201 AU$25
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Riria, Ko Te & David Simmons. MOKO RANGATIRA. Maori Tattoo. BNo. 0-7900-0709-6. New Edition, 1999 (1989) (pb). Pp: 83; 250mm x 185mm; 0.35kg. 29 col, 79 b/w; 5 fig. Bibliography, acknowledgments, index of people, index of tribal references, the authors. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Reed Publishing (NZ) Ltd, Auckland, 1999. (This fascinating study of moko whakairo, the art of Maori tattoo, uses photographs to illustrate the many layers of meaning of this traditional art. It explains who was entitled to wear moko and why, explores the traditions surrounding the process and examines the designs in detail) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, New Zealand, Maori, ngunga, raurau, Te Awhi Pataka, Kuwaha, Paikea, Wi Te Manewha, Ngati).
Book Code: N009 SOLD - now out of stock AU$24
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Detail of wrapper - THE PEOPLE FROM THE HORIZON
Snow, Philip & Stefanie Waine. THE PEOPLE FROM THE HORIZON. An Illustrated History of the Europeans amongst the South Sea Islanders. BNo. 0-947889-05-1. First Edition, 1979. Pp: 296; 280mm x 235mm; 1.56kg. 268 col & b/w, 1 map. Preface, acknowledgments, enigma, bibliography, list of sources, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Mclaren Publishing (Hong Kong) Limited, London, 1986. (The authors have examined the contact between the two cultures - European and Pacific - and have charted its origins, the misunderstandings, vicissitudes, clashes, attractions and exchanges between the Islanders and their European visitors. In the book are recorded changes to the Islands for better or for worse, and the hopes and the disillusionment on both sides to the present day) (Keywords: Cultural history, European contact, Pacific, South Seas).
Book Code: C460 AU$35
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Soderstrom, J. A. SPARRMAN'S ETHNOGRAPHICAL COLLECTION FROM JAMES COOK'S 2nd EXPEDITION (1772-1775). The Ethnographical Museum Sweden, New Series Publication No.6. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1939 (pb). Pp: 70; 290mm x 230mm; 0.50kg. 59 b/w, 5 fig. Preface, introduction, concluding note, addendum, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Bokforlags Aktiebolaget Thule, Stockholm, Sweden, 1939. (This book is a description and discussion on the objects brought together by Anders Sparrman, the only Swede and botanist and physician attached to Captain Cook's second expedition. Majority of artefacts are Polynesian) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Polynesia, Marquesas, Tahiti, Tonga, New Zealand, Maori, New Caledonia, Tanna).
Book Code: J047 SOLD - now out of stock AU$160
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Starzecka, D.C. (ed) et al. MAORI ART AND CULTURE. To accompany the exhibition 'Maori' at the British Museum 1998. BNo. 0-7141-2540-7. Second Edition, 1998 (1996) (pb). Pp: 180; 275mm x 215mm; 0.75kg 79 col, 53 b/w & fig, 3 maps. Acknowledgments, editor's foreword, appendix, glossary of Maori terms, references, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. British Museum Press, London, 1998. (Essays discuss in detail wood-carving, cloak-making and other fibre arts, tattoo, jewellery, musical instruments and weapons) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, New Zealand, Maori, rei puta, toki poutangata, tekoteko, kotaha, koauau, pataka).
Book Code: K485 AU$49
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Detail of front cover - OCEANIC ART (thomas52p 150/208 THOM52)
Thomas, Nicholas. OCEANIC ART. World of Art Series. BNo. 0-500-20281-8. First Edition, 1995 (pb). Pp: 216; 210mm x 150mm; 0.52kg. 26 col, 153 b/w, 3 maps. Introduction, acknowledgments, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Thames and Hudson Ltd, London, 1995. (The author, in looking at and beyond the familiar surfaces of spears and shields, carved canoe prows and feather capes, discovers the signifiance of art, past and present, for the people of the Pacific) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Polynesia, Melanesia, New Guinea, Iatmul, Nguzunguzu, Solomon Islands, Marquesas, Maori).
Book Code: J263 AU$18
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Williamson, Robert W. & Ralph Piddington (editor). ESSAYS IN POLYNESIAN ETHNOLOGY. With an analysis of recent studies in Polynesian history by the Editor. BNo. 0-8154-0507-3. Reprint Edition, 1975 (1939). Pp: xlii, 373; 225mm x 150mm; 0.84kg. 10 b/w, 7 tab, 2 maps. Preface, bibliography and abbreviations, appendix, index. A very good hardback copy in orange-cloth boards. Cvr: vg. (no dw). Cooper Square Publishers, Inc., New York, 1975. (On his death, Robert W. Williamson left a large collection of manuscripts dealing with various phases of Polynesian culture, some of which have already been published. The first five chapters of this present work embody the residuum of these posthumous manuscripts. The remaining chapters include stability, change and origins of Polynesian culture) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Polynesia).
Book Code: H516 SOLD - now out of stock AU$56
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