Research Catalog

Title

Maori : art and culture / edited by D.C. Starzecka ; contributors, Janet Davidson ... [et al.].

Publication

Chicago : Art Media Resources, 1996.

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Additional Authors

• Starzecka, D. C.
• Davidson, Janet M.

Description

168 p. : ill. (some col.), maps; 28 cm.

Summary

"The spiritual dimension of Māori art is still strongly felt: the taonga, or art treasures, of the Māori are not only objects of beauty but of great spiritual and ancestral power. The essays discuss in detail wood-carving, cloak-making and other fibre arts, tattoo. jewellery, musical instruments and weapons. A final chapter offers a history of the significant Māori collection in the British Museum. Alongside the art, the history and culture of the Māori are also discussed, from the arrival of the first Polynesian settlers to the coming of the Europeans in the late eighteenth century, and the subsequent struggles and achievements of the Māori people. The religion, ritual and social and political organisation of the Māori tribes before and after European contact are discussed, and Māori scholars offer their own perspective on their history, and on what it means to be a Māori in twentieth century New Zealand." --

Subject

• Art, Māori
• Art, New Zealand
• Māori (New Zealand people)

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-165) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Maori prehistory / Janet Davidson -- Maori / Ngahuia Te Awekotuku -- Maori society today / A.T. Hakiwai -- Wood carving / Roger Neich -- The fibre arts / Mick Pendergrast -- Maori collections in the British Msueum / D.C. Starzecka.

ISBN

1878529188

OCLC

• 36528501
• SCSB-13417415

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library