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The Maori : a history of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand / Domenico Felice Vaggioli ; translated from the Italian, with an introduction by John Crockett ; with a foreword by David Simmons.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: x, 424 pages, 26 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0773439056
  • 9780773439054
Other title:
  • History of the earliest inhabitants of New Zealand
Uniform titles:
  • Storia della Nuova Zelanda e dei suoi abiatori. Vol. 1, section 2. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 993.01 22
LOC classification:
  • DU423.A1 V34 2010
Contents:
The human family -- The Oceanic-American family -- How and by whom New Zealand was settled -- The Maori individual -- Tattooing -- The Maori language -- The New Zealanders' clothing -- The Maori hut -- Marriage among the Maori -- The New Zealanders' offspring -- Routine of the Maori in peacetime -- The food of the Maori -- Maori society -- Muru and Tapu of the Maori -- Maori villages -- Religious beliefs and superstitions of the Maori -- The New Zealanders' crafts, arts and sciences -- Maori warfare and their system -- The New Zealanders' cannibalism -- Funerals and funeral services of the Maori.
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Second section of the first volume of Storia della Nuova Zelanda e dei suoi abiatori presented as a stand-alone text in English translation; the two volumes were originally published by Fiaccadori Press, Parma, Italy in 1891 and 1896 respectively.

Includes bibliographical references.

The human family -- The Oceanic-American family -- How and by whom New Zealand was settled -- The Maori individual -- Tattooing -- The Maori language -- The New Zealanders' clothing -- The Maori hut -- Marriage among the Maori -- The New Zealanders' offspring -- Routine of the Maori in peacetime -- The food of the Maori -- Maori society -- Muru and Tapu of the Maori -- Maori villages -- Religious beliefs and superstitions of the Maori -- The New Zealanders' crafts, arts and sciences -- Maori warfare and their system -- The New Zealanders' cannibalism -- Funerals and funeral services of the Maori.

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