Maysmor, Bob,

Te manu tukutuku = The Maori kite / Maori kite Bob Maysmor. - Revised and updated edition. - 112 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps ; 18 x 25 cm

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.

1877228265 9781877228261

2002391177


Māori (New Zealand people)--Games
Kites--New Zealand
Handicraft--New Zealand
Tākaro
Mahi toi
Mahi ā-Rēhia

DU423.I53 / M39 2001

629.133320993