The Old-Time Maori

An indepth study of the Maori originally published in 1938. Includes many rare photographs. Contents Include: MAKERETI - Social Organisation and Relationship Terms - Marriage - Children - Food - Fire - Houses - Weapons. Related by Makeriki, “sometimes Chieftainess of the Arawa Tribe, known in New Zealand as Maggie Papakura.” Collected and edited by T.K. Penniman, Secretary to the Committee for Anthropolgy in the University of Oxford.

Featured in the 26 March 2012 New Zealand newsletter.
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