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Whaowhia : Māori art and its artists / Gilbert Archey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Auckland : Collins, 1977Description: 136 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 30 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 000216910X
  • 9780002169103
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Whaowhia.DDC classification:
  • 704.0399442
  • 730.0993
LOC classification:
  • N7406 .A72 1977
Contents:
Introduction (Polynesian origins and history ; Maori wood-carving : its basic theme) -- Human figure sculpture (Free-standing ; Palisade gateway figures) -- The tribal assembly house (Building resources ; Exterior : meaning, structure and design ; Interior : key motifs and regional styles) -- Decorated foodstores : function, symbol and design -- War-canoe : decorated prow, wash-strake, sternpost -- Treasure caskets (Feather boxes, waka huia ; Range of designs) -- Mortuary chests -- Weapons -- Musical instruments -- Stone sculpture (Lapidary skill ; Personal ornaments) -- Rock surface art -- Moriori of the Chatham Islands -- Clothing -- Art periods : stone v. metal tools -- Art relationships -- Polynesian art origins and regions -- The climate for art.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 128-129) and index.

Introduction (Polynesian origins and history ; Maori wood-carving : its basic theme) -- Human figure sculpture (Free-standing ; Palisade gateway figures) -- The tribal assembly house (Building resources ; Exterior : meaning, structure and design ; Interior : key motifs and regional styles) -- Decorated foodstores : function, symbol and design -- War-canoe : decorated prow, wash-strake, sternpost -- Treasure caskets (Feather boxes, waka huia ; Range of designs) -- Mortuary chests -- Weapons -- Musical instruments -- Stone sculpture (Lapidary skill ; Personal ornaments) -- Rock surface art -- Moriori of the Chatham Islands -- Clothing -- Art periods : stone v. metal tools -- Art relationships -- Polynesian art origins and regions -- The climate for art.

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