Maori Weapons

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Maori Weapons

Name: Maori Weapons
Brand: Oratia Books
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In Pre-European New Zealand

Written by Jeff Evans

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Here is a full inventory of traditional Maori weapons with all the available written information about traditional weapons collected into one concise volume. The book provides complete cultural and technical information on the handmade weapons used by Maori, along with photographs and line drawings. From the well-known taiaha and mere to the more obscure wahaika and maripi, this is a comprehensive guide that will serve a range of readers.

Jeff Evans is a writer and photographer based in Auckland. He has written several books relating to waka, including Nga Waka o Nehera, Polynesian Navigation and the Discovery of New Zealand and Waka Taua: The Maori War Canoe. Between them, these books recall Maori migration traditions, describe navigation skills used by Maori to voyage between the islands in the central Pacific and New Zealand, and introduce the reader to waka taua. His most recent books are a biography of Hec Busby, Heke-nuku-mai-nga-iwi Busby: Not Here by Chance (Huia), and Reawakened: traditional navigators of Te Moana Nui a Kiwa (Massey University Press 2021).

ISBN-13: 9780947506155
Publisher: Oratia Books
Imprint: Oratia Books
Publication date: 6 April 2017
Format: Paperback
Pages: 72
Dimensions: 250 x 185 mm
Illustrations: b/w illus
Language: English