An illustrated guide to Maori art /
Māori art Maori art
Terence Barrow.
- 104 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm
First published: Reed Methuen, 1984. "This book is an illustrated guide to the visual arts of the Māori as they existed from about the time of Captain Cook's landing on New Zealand shores in 1769, until about 1900 the so called Classic and Historic periods."--p. 11.
A general review of Māori art -- Māori art symbols and related religious ideas -- Pattern, design elements and craftsmanship -- Major structural arts of the Māori -- Domestic crafts and Māori economy -- Personal arts and the chiefly class -- Particular sacred objects of the Māori.
0790004100 9780790004105
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