PART ONE: THE BACKGROUND
I. Foreword and acknowledgements
II. A Short history of the study of Maori material culture and art
between the British Museum and New Zealand
1. Introduction
2. Early English private collectors and dealers
3. Later English private collectors
4. Other European writers on Maori material culture
5. British Museum personnel
6. New Zealand museum personnel and academics
7. Another mode of study
8. Bringing together New Zealand scholars and British
collections
9. Maori artists and scholars
III. History of Maori collections in the British Museum
1. The Museum and the Department
2. The registration system and documentation
3. Acquisition of the collections
4. Significant collections
5. Arrangement of catalogue sections and catalogue entries
PART TWO: THE CATALOGUE
I. Canoes
1. Model canoes
A. War canoes
B. Fishing canoes
2. Canoe parts
A. War canoe parts
B. Fishing canoe parts
C. Thwarts
D. Model canoe parts
3. Paddles and Sail
A. Painted paddles
B. Carved paddles
C. Plain paddles
D. Steering paddle
E. Model paddles
F. Sail
4. Bailers
II. Storehouses, Houses, Miscellaneous Carvings
1. Model storehouses
2. Storehouse parts
3. Model house
4. House parts
A. Gable figures
B. Gable masks
C. Various house parts
D. Lintels
E. Door jambs
F. Interior central post figures
G. Side wall panels
H. Plaited side wall panels
5. Miscellaneous carvings
A. Palisade posts
B. Other carvings
III. Domestic Equipment
1. Bowls and gourds
2. Beaters and other implements
IV. Treasure Boxes, Ornaments, Tattooing Equipment
1. Treasure boxes
2. Ornaments
A. Pendants rei puta, hei-tiki, hei-matau, pekapeka, koropepe
B. Pendants kuru, kapeu, miscellaneous pendants, cloak pins, combs,
parrot rings and feather ornaments
3. Tattooing equipment
A. Pigment containers and feeding funnels
B. Tattooing implements
V. Amusements, Musical Instruments
1. Amusements
A. Puppets, tobacco pipes, spinning tops
B. Poi balls
2. Musical instruments
A. Flutes nguru, koauau, porutu, rehu
B. Trumpets/flutes putorino
C. Trumpets pukaea, putatara, bullroarers, weka calls
VI. Ceremonial and Memorial and Mortuary Objects
1. Ceremonial objects
A. Genealogical staves
B. Godsticks
C. Ceremonial adzes
D. Staves
E. Other ceremonial objects
2. Memorials and mortuary objects
VII. Weapons
1. Spears and whipslings
2. Long clubs
A. Pouwhenua
B. Tewhatewha
C. Taiaha
D. Hoeroa
3. Short clubs
A. Patu paraoa
B. Mere pounamu
C. Patu onewa and miti
D. Kotiate
E. Wahaika
4. Other short clubs
A. Patuki
B. Patu rakau
5. Non-traditional weapons
6. Military accoutrements
VIII. Fishing, Hunting, Agriculture, Tools
1. Fishing
A. Fishing implements
B. Fishhooks
2. Hunting equipment
3. Agricultural implements
4. Tools
A. Hafted tools
B. Wood and bone tools
C. Nephrite adze blades
D. Stone adze blades
E. Chisels and gouges
F. Miscellaneous stone tools
G. Flakes and flake implements
H. Worked bone, nephrite and shell
IX. Weaving Implements, Clothing, Basketry, Related Fibre Items,
Mats, Samples
1. Weaving implements
2. Clothing
A. Plaited cloak, raincapes and related dress cloaks
B. Dog-skin cloaks, close-weft cloaks pukupuku, closely- woven
cloaks with taniko
C. Cloaks kaitaka: patea and paepaeroa, and huaki
D. Cloaks korowai, karure and ngore
E. Feather cloaks kahu huruhuru, kahu kiwi
F. Other items of clothing
3. Basketry
A. Plaited baskets
B. Patterned plaited baskets
C. Woven bags
D. Miscellaneous baskets and bags
4. Related fibre items
5. Mats
6. Samples
X. Modern Ceramics
XI. Chatham Islands
1. Ceremonial objects
2. Ornaments
3. Weapons
4. Hunting and fishing equipment
5. Tools
6. Stone adze blades
XII. Maori-style Objects
References
Collectors, donors, vendors, with basic biographical
information
Glossary of Maori terms
Maps and line drawings
1. Map of New Zealand [from BM Maori book]
2. Tribal map of New Zealand [from BM Maori book]
3. Maori carving motifs [from BM Maori book]
4. Meeting house diagram [from BM Maori book]
5. Drawings of weaving techniques [from BM Maori books)
Plates
Dorota C. Starzecka is a former curator of the Oceanic collections at the British Museum. Dr Roger Neich is curator of Ethnology at the Auckland Museum and Professor of Anthropology in the University of Auckland. Mick Pendergrast was formerly Assistant Ethnologist at Auckland Museum.
...indispensible for students and scholars.'-- (06/01/2011)
an extraordinary book which fuses the function of catalogue and art
history[...]fascinating insight[...]will stand the test of time."--
(06/01/2011)
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