Samoan material culture
Book 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 aspec...

Arts and crafts of Hawaii
Book 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 pre...

The coming of the Maori
Book 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 elde...

Material representatives of Tongan and Samoan gods
article 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 ...

Additional wooden images from Tonga
article 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 do...

Pan-pipes in Polynesia
article 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...