The Maori Collections of the British Museum by Starzecka, Do

ISBN: 0714125946

Author: Starzecka, Dorota C.

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Product DescriptionThe British Museum holds the largest Maori collections outside New Zealand, including some items of major artistic and cultural significance. This important book will contain a substantial introduction including a history of the study of Maori material culture in Britain and New Zealand and a history of the BM collection and how it was acquired. This will be followed by a detailed catalogue describing over 2,300 items - including woodcarvings, model canoes and paddles, domestic equipment, cloaks, baskets and bags, jewellery, musical instruments, ceremonial objects, fishing and hunting equipment, tools, weapons, and modern ceramics - an appendix listing collectors, donors and vendors, a glossary, and about 340 photographs illustrating approximately 500 objects. Written by specialists from both Britain and New Zealand, this book will be the definitive publication on this remarkable collection.Table of ContentsPART ONE: THE BACKGROUNDI. Foreword and acknowledgementsII. A Short history of the study of Maori material culture and art between the British Museum and New Zealand1. Introduction2. Early English private collectors and dealers3. Later English private collectors4. Other European writers on Maori material culture5. British Museum personnel6. New Zealand museum personnel and academics7. Another mode of study8. Bringing together New Zealand scholars and British collections9. Maori artists and scholarsIII. History of Maori collections in the British Museum1. The Museum and the Department2. The registration system and documentation3. Acquisition of the collections4. Significant collections5. Arrangement of catalogue sections and catalogue entriesPART TWO: THE CATALOGUEI. Canoes1. Model canoesA. War canoesB. Fishing canoes2. Canoe partsA. War canoe partsB. Fishing canoe partsC. ThwartsD. Model canoe parts3. Paddles and SailA. Painted paddlesB. Carved paddlesC. Plain paddlesD. Steering paddleE. Model paddlesF. Sail4. BailersII. Storehouses, Houses, Miscellaneous Carvings1. Model storehouses2. Storehouse parts3. Model house4. House partsA. Gable figuresB. Gable masksC. Various house partsD. LintelsE. Door jambsF. Interior central post figuresG. Side wall panelsH. Plaited side wall panels5. Miscellaneous carvingsA. Palisade postsB. Other carvingsIII. Domestic Equipment1. Bowls and gourds2. Beaters and other implementsIV. Treasure Boxes, Ornaments, Tattooing Equipment1. Treasure boxes2. OrnamentsA. Pendants rei puta, hei-tiki, hei-matau, pekapeka, koropepeB. Pendants kuru, kapeu, miscellaneous pendants, cloak pins, combs, parrot rings and feather ornaments3. Tattooing equipmentA. Pigment containers and feeding funnelsB. Tattooing implementsV. Amusements, Musical Instruments1. AmusementsA. Puppets, tobacco pipes, spinning topsB. Poi balls2. Musical instrumentsA. Flutes nguru, koauau, porutu, rehuB. Trumpets/flutes putorinoC. Trumpets pukaea, putatara, bullroarers, weka callsVI. Ceremonial and Memorial and Mortuary Objects1. Ceremonial objectsA. Genealogical stavesB. GodsticksC. Ceremonial adzesD. StavesE. Other ceremonial objects2. Memorials and mortuary objectsVII. Weapons1. Spears and whipslings2. Long clubsA. PouwhenuaB. TewhatewhaC. TaiahaD. Hoeroa3. Short clubsA. Patu paraoaB. Mere pounamuC. Patu onewa and mitiD. KotiateE. Wahaika4. Other short clubsA. PatukiB. Patu rakau5. Non-traditional weapons6. Military accoutrementsVIII. Fishing, Hunting, Agriculture, Tools1. FishingA. Fishing implementsB. Fishhooks2. Hunting equipment3. Agricultural implements4. ToolsA. Hafted toolsB. Wood and bone toolsC. Nephrite adze bladesD. Stone adze bladesE. Chisels and gougesF. Miscellaneous stone toolsG. Flakes and flake implementsH. Worked bone, nephrite and shellIX. Weaving Implements, Clothing, Basketry, Related Fibre Items, Mats, Samples1. Weaving implements2. ClothingA. Plaited cloak, raincapes

• Every purchase supports the British Museum | The British Museum holds the largest Maori collections outside New Zealand, including some items of major artistic and cultural significance | This important book contains a substantial introduction including a history of the study of Maori material culture in Britain and New Zealand and a history of the BM collection and how it was acquired | This is followed by a detailed catalogue describing over 2,300 items - including woodcarvings, model canoes and paddles, domestic equipment, cloaks, baskets and bags, jewellery, musical instruments, ceremonial objects, fishing and hunting equipment, tools, weapons, and modern ceramics - an appendix listing collectors, donors and vendors, a glossary, and about 340 photographs illustrating approximately 500 objects