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The Lore of the Whare-wananga
H. T. Whatahoro
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Paperback. This account of Maori traditions, dictated by elders in the 1850s, was published with an English translation in 1913-15. Translator(s): Smith, S. Percy. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1MBN; JFHF; JHBT; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Stephenson Percy Smith (1840–1922) arrived in New Zealand as a boy, and soon became fascinated by Maori culture. After retiring in 1900 from his career as a government surveyor, Smith devoted himself to the study of the Maori and co-founded the Polynesian Society, which published this two-volume study in 1913–15. The book contains the Maori text of an important body of beliefs and traditions which had been committed to writing over fifty years earlier, when the young W. H. Whatahoro had acted as scribe for a group of senior elders concerned to preserve this ancient and sacred knowledge. Only long ... Read more
Stephenson Percy Smith (1840–1922) arrived in New Zealand as a boy, and soon became fascinated by Maori culture. After retiring in 1900 from his career as a government surveyor, Smith devoted himself to the study of the Maori and co-founded the Polynesian Society, which published this two-volume study in 1913–15. The book contains the Maori text of an important body of beliefs and traditions which had been committed to writing over fifty years earlier, when the young W. H. Whatahoro had acted as scribe for a group of senior elders concerned to preserve this ancient and sacred knowledge. Only long ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Cambridge Library Collection - Anthropology
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781108040099
SKU
V9781108040099
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