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Carved Maori burial chests : a commentary and a catalogue / by Aileen Fox.

Title
Carved Maori burial chests : a commentary and a catalogue / by Aileen Fox.
Author
Fox, Aileen Mary Henderson, Lady, 1907-
Publication
Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland Institute and Museum, 1983.

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Auckland Institute and Museum
Description
iv, 52 p., [41] p. of plates : ill.; 28 cm.
Series Statement
Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 0067-0456 ; no. 13
Uniform Title
Bulletin of the Auckland Institute and Museum no. 13.
Subject
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Antiquities
  • Wood-carving, Māori
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Funeral customs and rites
  • New Zealand > Antiquities
Genre/Form
Catalogs
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 50-52.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Location & distribution -- Function of chests & burial rites -- Burial caves -- Appearance of the chests in the caves (Colour ; Head-dresses ; Ear ornaments ; Necklaces ; Facial ornament & tatoo) -- Classification of chests -- Incised & relief carving styles (Symmetry & asymmetry ; Stylistic relationship to northern carvings) -- Chronology -- Interpretation -- Catalogue (New Zealand ; Australia ; Austria ; England) -- Evidence of Heremiai kauere -- Wood used in manufacture of Maori bone chests / R. Wallace.
LCCN
^^^84197056^
OCLC
  • 11561651
  • SCSB-10226040
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library