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About this Item
Brown cloth covers with gold titles to spine and front cover.Cloth is rubbed and worn,rubbed through along rear hinge seam,clean.Block is sound and tight,all gloss paper,internal hinges paper cracked,front hinge a little sloppy,all holding well,illustrated with maps and diagrams.Many actual photographic plates. Map of tribal districts. Subjects covered include tattooing, maori lores and beliefs canoe voyages, origin of the Maori including theory of Arabian, Semetic and Egyptian origins, religion, war, a story of Niue, Warau Affair, Wakefield. Illustrations include Maori chief signature which includes drawing of his own face on a land deed, Waikato canoe crew, sacred grove of the Tainui canoe, Moeraki boulders, a Maori Altar, Hoirangi, Ruatapu, carved house, canoes, tattooed Maori woman and more. Seller Inventory # 000387
Bibliographic Details
Title: THE MAORIS OF NEW ZEALAND
Publisher: Whitcombe & Tombs Limited, Wellington New Zealand
Publication Date: 1910
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good
Dust Jacket Condition: None
Edition: 1st Edition
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