Fishing methods and devices of the Māori / by Elsdon Best.
Material type: TextSeries: Dominion Museum bulletin ; no. 12.Publisher: Wellington : Govt. Printer, 1977Description: 264 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 639.2089994
- 639.209931
- DU423.F5 B47 1977
- Also available in an electronic ed.
Partial contents:
The Maori as a fisherman -- Fishing-nets, their manufacture and use -- Line fishing -- Sharks and whales -- The taking of koura, or crayfish -- Shell-fish -- Fresh-water species -- Eels -- The lamprey and how it was taken -- Maori names of fresh-water fish other than eels -- The inanga, or whitebait -- Upokororo, or grayling -- Kokopu, or kopu (Galaxias fasciatus) -- The panoko -- The toitoi -- The patiki, or flounder -- The koaro (Galaxias huttoni).
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 639.2089994 BES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A009421B | ||
Book | North Campus North Campus Main Collection | 639.2089994 BES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A076994B |
Reprint of 1929 ed.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Maori as a fisherman -- Fishing-nets, their manufacture and use -- Line fishing -- Sharks and whales -- The taking of koura, or crayfish -- Shell-fish -- Fresh-water species -- Eels -- The lamprey and how it was taken -- Maori names of fresh-water fish other than eels -- The inanga, or whitebait -- Upokororo, or grayling -- Kokopu, or kopu (Galaxias fasciatus) -- The panoko -- The toitoi -- The patiki, or flounder -- The koaro (Galaxias huttoni).
Also available in an electronic ed.
Machine converted from AACR2 source record.
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