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Samoan material cultureBook 1930 • Buck, Peter Henry
Samoans • Oceania > Polynesia
This document is a fairly complete catalog of Samoan material culture. However, some relevant material on Samoan social structure is included. Buck does not provide a great deal on those aspects of material culture which are adequately covered in oth...Arts and crafts of HawaiiBook 1957 • Buck, Peter Henry
Hawaiians • Oceania > Polynesia
This book is a detailed description and technological analysis of the material culture of the Hawaiian Islands from approximately the eighteenth century to the early 1950s. The information presented here is based on the published literature on Polyne...The coming of the MaoriBook 1952 • Buck, Peter Henry
Maori • Oceania > Polynesia
This is a detailed and sympathetic study of Maori culture based on the life-long research of a well known Maori ethnologist. He consulted all important literary sources, interviewed Maori elders, particularly to ascertain folk stories, and used his k...Material representatives of Tongan and Samoan godsarticle 1935 • Buck, Peter Henry (Te Rangi Hiroa)
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This article contains a discussion of artistic representations of gods in Polynesia, particularly in Tonga and Samoa. The study is based on secondary research utilizing museum collections and published materials. Comparisons of Tongan images are made...Additional wooden images from Tongaarticle 1937 • Buck, Peter Henry (Te Rangi Hiroa)
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This brief source is a description of four wooden and whale-ivory sculptures from Tonga. These four sculptures are from the Oldman collection and the author's purpose was to present as much documentation as possible on these very old type specimens....Pan-pipes in Polynesiaarticle 1941 • Buck, Peter Henry (Te Rangi Hiroa)
Tongans • Oceania > Polynesia
This source contains descriptions of 5 pan-pipes from Tonga that the author examined in museum collections. The author compares the pipes with similar instruments from Samoa and other parts of the southern Pacific area. The author makes sweeping stat...