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Whakairo : Maori tribal art / D.R. Simmons.
- Title
- Whakairo : Maori tribal art / D.R. Simmons.
- Author
- Simmons, D. R.
- Publication
- Auckland ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1985.
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Details
- Description
- 188 p. : ill. (some col.); 29 cm.
- Summary
- This book is the first to analyze Native New Zealand carving styles by tribal area. Illustrated throughout with drawings and photographs of the best examples of this fascinating art form, the book discusses the mythological context and symbolism in Maori art and descrives in detail the carving styles distinctive to each tribe.
- Alternative Title
- Maori tribal art
- Subject
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 182-184.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Nga tangata : the heritage of the Maori in New Zealand -- Te mana : the interpretation of Maori carving -- Nga ahua : the tribal art styles -- Nga iwi : the tribes. The tribes of Te Tai Tokerau ; Hauraki tribes ; The tribes of Te Tai Haruru ; The tribes of Maniapoto and Waikato ; The tribes of the Bay of Islands ; Northland East Coast ; The tribes of Rotorua and the Central North Island ; The Mataatua tribes of the Bay of Plenty ; The tribes of Te Tai Rawhiti ; The tribes of Gisborne and Hawke's Bay ; The tribes of Te Wai Pounamu.
- ISBN
- 0195581199 (pbk.) :
- LCCN
- ^^^86105628^
- OCLC
- 13036892
- SCSB-10390694
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library