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Traditional lifeways of the Southern Maori : the Otago University Museum ethnological project, 1920 /

Beattie, Herries. 1881-1972.

Traditional lifeways of the Southern Maori : the Otago University Museum ethnological project, 1920 / James Herries Beattie ; edited by Atholl Anderson. - Dunedin [N.Z.] : University of Otago Press in association with Otago Museum, 1994. - 636 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits ; 23 cm

Publication of Beattie's Manuscript 181 held at the Hocken Library.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 607-610) and index.

Murihiku: Habitations, sleeping places, storehouses, fortifications. Clothing. Flaxwork. Personal adornment. Paints, dyes, colours, perfumes. Tattooing, wood-carving. Play, games, pastimes, recreation, amusements, entertainments, water-sports, musical instruments, singing and dancing. Medical lore. Disposal of the dead. Customs. Weapons. Canoes and paddles, torches and torching, spades and digging. Domestic science. Vegetable foods, etc. Fish, eels, sharks, whales, shellfish. Birds. Insects, worms, lizards. Dogs, rats, bats. Trees, shrubs, plants, tussocks, ferns. Winds, weather, rainbows, stars, seasons. Wharekura, tapu, karakia, tuahu, tohukas, witchcraft, omens. Folk tales. Table giving names of relationships (South Island dialect) at Oraka (Colac Bay), Waikouaiti, Moeraki and at Temuka kaikas -- Canterbury: Habitations. Personal wear and clothing. Flaxwork. Personal adornment. Paints, dyes, and scents. Tattooing and wood-carving. Games and music. Medical lore. Disposal of the dead. Customs. Weapons. Greenstone. Canoes, etc. Domestic science. Vegetable foods. Ichthyology. Ornithology. Entomology. Zoology. Botany. Meteorology and Astronomy. Religion. Mythology. Superstition. Folk-tales and proverbs. History. Table giving names of relationships at Rapaki, Taumutu and Tuahiwi [Canterbury], and also up in the Province of Nelson. Information relating to names of things, etc., contact with pakehas, some interesting words, introduced animals, introduced plants, parts of the human body named in Nelson, Canterbury, and Murihiku -- Nelson: Habitations. Clothing and flaxwork. Personal adornment, paints, dyes and scents, tattooing and carving, games and music. Medical lore, disposal of the dead, customs. Weapons, greenstone. Canoes, etc., domestic science, vegetable foods. Ichthyology, ornithology. Entomology, zoology, botany. Meteorology, on religion, superstition -- Westland : Paints, dyes and scents. Medical lore. Customs. Greenstone. Canoes, etc. Vegetable foods. Ichthyology. Ornithology. Entomology. Botany. Meteorology. Mythology, visit to Bruce Bay in 1908 or 1909, Maori Account -- Appendix 1 (Murihiku): Habitations and buildings. Clothing. Flaxwork. Personal adornment. Paints, dyes, and scents. Face-carving and wood-carving. Games and music. Medical lore. Disposal of the dead. Customs. Weapons. Greenstone. Canoes, etc. Domestic science. Ichthyology, etc., fishes and fishing. Ornithology, birds and birding. Entomology, etc., insects, worms and lizards. Botany, etc., trees and plants, vegetation, herbage. The religious element. Mythology. Superstition, wizardry. Folk-tales and sayings. History jottings. Names of things, contact with pakehas -- Appendix 2: Glossary of names for flora and fauna.

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Beattie, Herries. 1881-1972.


Maori (New Zealand people)--Social life and customs.--New Zealand--South Island
Maori (New Zealand people)--History.--New Zealand--South Island
Kāi Tahu (New Zealand people)--History.
Kōrero nehe.
Mātauranga tikanga tāngata.
Tikanga-ā-iwi


South Island (N.Z)--History.

DU423.S63 / B44 1994

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