Notes

"This book is an illustrated guide to the visual arts of the Maori as they existed from about the time of Captain Cook's landing on New Zealand shores in 1769, until about 1900
the so called Classic and Historic periods."--p. 11.
A general review of Maori art -- Maori art symbols and related religious ideas -- Pattern, design
elements and craftsmanship -- Major structural arts of the Maori -- Domestic crafts and Maori economy
-- Personal arts and the chiefly class -- Particular sacred objects of the Maori.