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Toi ora : ancestral Māori treasures / edited by Arapata Hakiwai and Huhana Smith.

Title
Toi ora : ancestral Māori treasures / edited by Arapata Hakiwai and Huhana Smith.
Publication
Wellington, N.Z. : Te Papa Press, 2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Hakiwai, Arapata.
  • Smith, Huhana.
Description
198 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map; 25 cm.
Summary
Examines the spiritual and cultural connections in Māori material culture through objects in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.
Subject
  • Art, Māori
  • Art objects, Māori
  • Māori (New Zealand people) > Antiquities
  • Mahi toi
  • Tikanga tuku iho
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 193) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction. Maori : a living culture -- Ch. 1. Taonga tawhito : treasures from early times -- Ch. 2. Waka, pataka and wharenue: statements of tribal identity -- Ch. 3. Ta moko : carving the skin -- Ch. 4. Waka huia and papa hou : protective vessels, personal taonga -- Ch. 5. Taonga whakarakai : items of adornment -- Ch. 6. Taonga puoro : music of the gods -- Ch. 7. Nga taonga a Tangaroa : the net goes fishing -- Ch. 8. Nga rakau a tu : the legacy of the warrior -- Ch. 9. Kakahu and whatu raranga : woven garments, woven treasures.
ISBN
  • 9781877385346 (pbk.)
  • 1877385344 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2008531680
OCLC
  • 244247640
  • SCSB-12467565
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library