Book
The Maori: volume 2
Printed by H.H. Tombs, limited • 5 • Published In 1924 • Pages: x, 638
By: Best, Elsdon.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This doument is the second part of a two volume work on the Maori, the first part of which is included for this field as (Best. vol. 1) This work begins where vol. 1 left off, starting with chapter 9, a continuation of social customs, and covering primarily the material culture of the Maori, in contrast to vol. 1 which dealt with social organization and the religious aspects of their life. Data covered in this source pertain to birth customs, sickness, death, burial and exhumation, games and pastimes, vocal and instrumental music, the dawn of science among the Maori, war, fortified villages, agriculture, fishing, forest lore and woodcraft, textile arts, personal adornment, and dwellings and storehouses. The author was a well-known specialist on Maori life.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ritual
- Burial practices and funerals
- Musical instruments
- Ethnometeorology
- Warfare
- Weapons
- Military installations
- Vegetable production
- Fishing
- Fowling
- Body alterations
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Maori
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1963: John Beierle; 2007
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- ca.1870-1920
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1820-1920
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- New Zealand
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Elsdon Best …
- 'Published by the Board of Maori Ethnological Research for the author and on behalf of the Polynesian Society.'
- 'List of authorities quoted': v. 2, p. 593-596
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 24024356
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Maori (New Zealand people)