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Te whare rūnanga = The Māori meeting house / D.R. Simmons.

Title
Te whare rūnanga = The Māori meeting house / D.R. Simmons.
Author
Simmons, D. R.
Publication
Auckland [N.Z.] : Reed, 1997.

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Description
59 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.); 25 cm.
Summary
Te Whare Runanga describes the history of the Maori meeting house. It details how the use of this building has developed from pre-European times to the present. Highly illustrated with historical and contemporary photographs. It describes how changes in building materials, decoration and the social life of the iwi has affected this most important building. Table of contents: * The significance of the meeting house on its marae (the development of the marae, the place of the marae in a changing culture) * Whare tipuna, the ancestor house (Carved houses) * The form and shape of the house (Tane, Tiki and Hinenuitepo. Reading the house, the importance of surface decoration on the carvings, tukutuku) * The tapu threshold (Major themes portrayed on the lintels) * The ceremonial meeting of tribes and peoples * Indexes (Marae, houses, tribes and hapu, carvers, ancestors portrayed).
Alternative Title
  • Māori meeting house
  • Whare runanga
Subject
  • Architecture, Māori
  • Wood-carving, Māori
  • Decoration and ornament, Architectural > New Zealand
  • Marae
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Social life and customs
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 54-55) and index.
Language (note)
  • In English.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The significance of the meeting house on its marae : The development of the marae : The place of the marae in a changing culture -- Whare tipuna, the ancestor house : Carved houses -- The form and shape of the house : Tāne, Tiki and Hinenuitepō : 'Reading' the house : The importance of surface decoration on the carvings : Tukutuku -- The tapu threshold : Major themes portrayed on the lintels -- The ceremonial meeting of tribes and peoples -- References -- Indexes : Marae : Houses : Tribes and hapu : Carvers : Ancestors portrayed : General.
ISBN
0790005883 (pbk.) :
LCCN
^^^98148209^
OCLC
  • 41834782
  • SCSB-12278549
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library