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Notes on the art of war : as conducted by the Māori of New Zealand, with accounts of various customs, rites, superstitions, &c., pertaining to war, as practised and believed in by the ancient Māori / Elsdon Best ; edited by Jeff Evans.
- Title
- Notes on the art of war : as conducted by the Māori of New Zealand, with accounts of various customs, rites, superstitions, &c., pertaining to war, as practised and believed in by the ancient Māori / Elsdon Best ; edited by Jeff Evans.
- Author
- Best, Elsdon, 1856-1931
- Publication
- Auckland : Reed ; [Wellington] : In association with the Polynesian Society, 2001.
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- Additional Authors
- Evans, Jeff
- Description
- xii, 274 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports.; 25 cm.
- Summary
- "The following notes on war customs, practises and ceremonies of the Maori have been collected by myself from members of the Tuhoe or Urewera tribe, a people who, though numerically small, have ever been noted for their prowess in war".--p. 1.
- Uniform Title
- Journal of the Polynesian Society.
- Alternative Title
- Art of war
- Subject
- Note
- Originally published as articles and notes in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, 1902-1906.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Language (note)
- English; some text in Maori with English translations.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Contains 9 articles and supplementary notes previously published in the Journal of the Polynesian Society, between 1902 and 1906.
- ISBN
- 0790007827 (hbk.) :
- OCLC
- 49627583
- SCSB-11861102
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library