| Description |
168 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 28 cm |
| Series |
Histoire des idees et critique litteraire ; vol. 343 |
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Histoire des idées et critique littéraire ; v. 343
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| Contents |
Māori prehistory / Janet Davidson -- Māori : people and culture / Ngahuia Te Awekotuku -- Māori society today : welcome to our world / A.T. Hakiwai -- Wood carving / Roger Neich -- The fibre arts /Mick Prendergast -- The Māori collections in the British Museum / D.C. Starzecka |
| Summary |
"Among all the cultures of the Pacific region, that of the Maori stands out in its rich repertoire of highly-refined and complex arts. Historically, art has pervaded the whole Maori way of life, and in this century there has been a conscious effort to preserve - or revive - the tradional skills of weaving and fibre arts, painting, latticework, carving, tattoo, chant and oratory, as well as Maori language and customs. The spiritual dimension of Maori art is still strongly felt: the taonga, or art treasures, of the Maori are not only objects of beauty but of great spiritual and ancestral power."--BOOK COVER |
| Notes |
Simultaneously published: Auckland, N.Z. : David Bateman, 1996 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-165) and index |
| Subject |
Baczko, Bronisław.
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British Museum.
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Art objects, Maori.
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Art -- New Zealand.
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Art, Maori.
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Art, New Zealand.
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Art, Polynesian.
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Carving (Decorative arts) -- New Zealand.
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Eighteenth century.
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Fiberwork -- New Zealand.
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Enlightenment.
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Fibrework - -- New Zealand
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Maori (New Zealand people) -- History.
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Maori (New Zealand people)
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Maori (New Zealand people) -- Social life and customs.
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Wood-carving, Maori.
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| Author |
Davidson, Janet, 1941-
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Starzecka, D. C.
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British Museum. Trustees.
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| LC no. |
96112079 |
| ISBN |
0714125245 (paperback) |
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