Maori: Art and Culture - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1878529188 ISBN 13: 9781878529183

Publisher: Art Media Resources Ltd, 1996

Synopsis

168pp, with 70 colour and 54 black and white illustrations. Book covers wood-carving, cloak-making and other fibre arts, tattoo, jewellery, musical instruments and weapons. The history and culture of the Maori are also discussed. A beautiful book

About this title

Synopsis:

This work aims to introduce Maori art and culture, both past and present, to a general audience, and to explore themes which are at the centre of Maori studies. The book examines the archaeology and early history of the Maori people, and discusses evidence for religion, ritual, and social and political organization after the arrival of the Europeans. The development of a distinctively Maori art is studied as is the impact of external influences. The techniques and materials of fibre arts - clothing, basketry and nets - are surveyed, with special attention to developments bought about by social, economic and ecological changes in New Zealand from the earliest settlements to modern times.

About this edition

• Publisher: Art Media Resources Ltd
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1878529188
• ISBN 13: 9781878529183
• Binding: Paperback
• Editor: Starzecka Doro