Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Art Workmanship of the Maori Race in New Zealand: A Series of Illustrations From Specially Taken Photographs, With Descriptive Notes and Essays on the Canoes, Habitations, Weapons, Ornaments, and Dress of the Maoris; Together With Lists of the Words in the Maori Language Used in Relation to the Subjects
With us an article or ornament is usually completed before it is brought into use but the Maori used his weapon or his carved ornament as soon as it was fit to serve its purpose, and further elaboration would be spread over years - perhaps generations - with the result that in the case of the elaborately carved canoe ornaments, very few can be considered to have exhausted the artistic powers of the race: the real explanation of this being that the Maori loved his work and took a personal and national pride in it. The desired result was not easily arrived at; and, therefore, was highly prized when attained. From a general point of view. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
