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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: Fishing methods and devices of the Maori

    First published in 1977 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: Maori storehouses and kindred structures: houses, platforms, racks, and pits used for storing food, etc.

    First published in 1916 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: whare kohanga (the "nest house") and its lore: comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal, etc. ; contributed by members of the Ngati-Kahungunu tribe of the North island of New Zealand

    First published in 1975 — 2 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 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The astronomical knowledge of the Maori ; The Maori division of time

    First published in 1978 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maroi, Genuine and Empirical/Bound With 'the Maori Division of Time' (Ams Studies in Education,)

    First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori (Dominion Museum Bulletin)

    First published in 2005 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Recueil d'itinéraires et de voyages dans l'Asie centrale et l'extrême Orient ...

    First published in 1878 — 1 edition
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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 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Games and pastimes of the Maori: an account of various exercises, games and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times; including some information concerning their vocal and instrumental music.

    First published in 1976 — 1 edition
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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 1952 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Maori canoe: an account of varioustypes 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 1976 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Maori division of time.

    First published in 1959 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Maori storehouses and kindred structures: houses, platforms, racks, and pits used for storing food, etc

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The stone implements of the Maori.

    First published in 1974 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The astronomical knowledge of the Maori: geniune and empirical, including data concerning their systems of astrogeny, astrolatry, and natural astrology, with notes on certain other natural phenomena

    First published in 1955 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Divinatory rites of the Maori

    First published in 1922 — 1 edition
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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 of the Maori folk of New Zealand

    First published in 1924 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Best of Tawa: Porirua, and they who settled it : first published in the Canterbury times, 11 March 1914 to 1 July 1914

    First published in 2007 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Games and pastimes of the Maori: an account of various exercises, games and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times; including some information concerning their vocal and instrumental music.

    First published in 1925 — 1 edition
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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