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Elsdon Best

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New Zealand historian (1856–1931)

Born 1856
Died 1931

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  • Cover of: Forest lore of the Maori: with methods of snaring, trapping, and preserving birds and rats, uses of berries, roots, fern-root, and forest products, with mythological notes on origins, karakia used, etc.

    First published in 1942 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: The Maori as he was: a brief account of Maori life as it was in pre-European days

    First published in 1924 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Maori school of learning: its objects, methods, and ceremonial

    First published in 1923 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: The Maori

    First published in 1924 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: Maori religion and mythology

    First published in 1924 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The pa Maori: an account of the fortified villages of the Maori in the pre-European and modern times, illustrating methods of defence by means of ramparts, fosses, scarps and stockades

    First published in 1927 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Tuhoe, the children of the mist: a sketch of the origin, history, myths and beliefs of the Tuhoe tribe of the Maori of New Zealand, with some account of other early tribes of the Bay of Plenty district.

    First published in 1925 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Maori religion and mythology: being an account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, religious beliefs and rites, magic and folk lore ofthe Maori folk of New Zealand.

    First published in 1924 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The astronomical knowledge of the Maori: genuine and empirical : including data concerning their systems of astrogeny, astrolatry, and natural astrology, with notes on certain other natural phenomena

    First published in 1955 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: Maori Agriculture

    First published in 1925 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Maori canoe: an account of various types of vessels used by the Maori of New Zealand in former times, with some description of those of the Isles of the Pacific, and a brief account of the peopling of New Zealand

    First published in 1925 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Maori division of time

    First published in 1922 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Some aspects of Maori myth and religion

    First published in 1954 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Spiritual and mental concepts of the Maori

    First published in 1922 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The stone implements of the Maori.

    First published in 1912 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Waikare-moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters: the lake; the land; the legends. With a tramp through Tuhoe land.

    First published in 1897 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The Maori as he was: a brief account of Maori life as it was in pre-European days

    First published in 1934 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The pa Maori: an account of the fortified villages of the Maori in pre-European and modern times; illustrating methods of defence by means of ramparts, fosses, scarps and stockades.

    First published in 1927 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The whare kohanga (the"nest house") and its lore: comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal, &c., contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu tribe of the North Island of New Zealand

    First published in 1929 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The Maori.

    First published in 1924 — 2 editions
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We need a photo of Elsdon Best

New Zealand historian (1856–1931)

Born 1856
Died 1931

Subjects

Maori (New Zealand people), Folklore, Maori Mythology, Religion, Maoris, Boats, Canoes and canoeing, Maori (new zealand people), Maori Astronomy, Mythology, Maori (New Zealand people), Rites and ceremonies, Social life and customs, Agriculture, Ethnology, Fishing, Folk-lore, Maori, Hunting, Maori (new zealand people), folklore, Maori Architecture, Maori Chronology, Maori Folklore, Navigation, Polynesians, Warfare, Animism

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New Zealand, North Island, Central Asia, East Asia, Maoris, Polynesia, Porirua, Porirua (N.Z.), Waikare Moana, Waikare-Moana

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Elsdon Best (1856-1931)

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
June 6, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
August 19, 2008 Edited by an anonymous user fix author name
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import