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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: 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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  • Cover of: The Maori Canoe/Bound With Polynesian Voyagers

    First published in 1975 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Maori canoe and Polynesian voyagers

    First published in 1977 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Maori (Memoirs of the Polynesian Society, V. 5.)

    First published in 1975 — 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 1916 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Miramar Island and its history: how Motukairangi was discovered and settled by Polynesians, and how, in times long past, it became Miramar Peninsula.

    First published in 1923 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Notes on the art of war: as conducted by the Maori of New Zealand, with accounts of various customs, rites, superstitions, &c., pertaining to war, as practised and believed in by the ancient Maori

    First published in 2001 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Polynesian voyagers: the Maori as a deep-sea navigator, explorer, and colonizer

    First published in 1923 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Polynesian voyagers: the Maori as a deep-sea navigator, explorer, & colonizer.

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Polynesian voyages.: The Maori as a deep-sea navigator, explorer, and colonizer.

    First published in 1954 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Māori numeration

    First published in 2002 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Māori religion and mythology: being an account of the cosmogony, anthropogeny, religious beliefs and rites, magic and folk lore of the Māori folk of New Zealand

    First published in 2005 — 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, Social life and customs, Boats, Canoes and canoeing, Maori (new zealand people), Maori Astronomy, Mythology, Maori (New Zealand people), Rites and ceremonies, 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