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Te manu tukutuku = The Maori kite / Bob Maysmor.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English, Māori Publisher: Wellington, N.Z. : Steele Roberts, 2001Edition: Revised and updated editionDescription: 112 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 18 x 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1877228265
  • 9781877228261
Other title:
  • Maori kite [Parallel title]
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 629.133320993 21
LOC classification:
  • DU423.I53 M39 2001
Contents:
Machine generated contents note: FOREWORD by Profemsor Hirini Moko Mead 7 -- INTRODUCTION 10 -- 1 Origins of the Maori kite 11 -- 2 Materials used for kite-making 17 -- 3 Surviving examples of Maori kites 24 -- 4 Other types of Maori kite 41 -- 5 Decorations and accessories 48 -- 6 Flying lines and bridles 54 -- 7 How kites were flown 58 -- 8 Turu manu -- chants and charms 64 -- 9 Traditional histories 69 -- 10 Contemporary Maori kites 81 -- GLOSSARY 97 -- NOTES 98 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 100 -- APPENDICES -- i Kites in museums and other collections 102 -- ii Map of places named in the text 103 -- iii How to make a manu taratahi 104 -- iv Drawings of surviving kites 107 -- INDEX 110 -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 112.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 629.133320993 MAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A215432B
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 629.133320993 MAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A281005B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-101) and index.

Machine generated contents note: FOREWORD by Profemsor Hirini Moko Mead 7 -- INTRODUCTION 10 -- 1 Origins of the Maori kite 11 -- 2 Materials used for kite-making 17 -- 3 Surviving examples of Maori kites 24 -- 4 Other types of Maori kite 41 -- 5 Decorations and accessories 48 -- 6 Flying lines and bridles 54 -- 7 How kites were flown 58 -- 8 Turu manu -- chants and charms 64 -- 9 Traditional histories 69 -- 10 Contemporary Maori kites 81 -- GLOSSARY 97 -- NOTES 98 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY 100 -- APPENDICES -- i Kites in museums and other collections 102 -- ii Map of places named in the text 103 -- iii How to make a manu taratahi 104 -- iv Drawings of surviving kites 107 -- INDEX 110 -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 112.

In English with some Maori.

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