The old-time Maori /
Makereti ; with an introduction by Ngahuia Te Awekotuku.
- ix, 352 pages, 14 pages of plates : illustrations, genealogical tables, plans, portraits ; 20 cm.
- New Women's classics .
- New Women's classics. .
"First comprehensive ethnographic account by a Maori scholar"--Introduction. Originally published 1938. Includes index.
Makereti -- Social organization and relationship terms -- Marriage -- Children -- Food -- Fire -- Houses -- Weapons. I. II. III. IV. V. VI. VII.
Makareti, also known as Maggie Papakura finished writing this book shortly before her death in 1930. It was to be presented for a degree at Oxford University, being the first comprehensive ethnographic account of Maori life by a Maori scholar.
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