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Elsdon Best (1856–1931)

Author of The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori

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Includes the names: Best Elsdon, Eldson. BEST

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Works by Elsdon Best

The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori (1922) 25 copies
The Maori as he was : a brief account of Maori life as it was in pre-European days (1924) 22 copies
Spiritual and mental concepts of the Maori (1986) 19 copies
Some aspects of Maori myth and religion (2022) 14 copies
The Maori division of time (1986) 11 copies
The Maori school of learning : its objects, methods, and ceremonial (1986) 11 copies
Maori Religion and Mythology, Part 1 (1977) 10 copies
Polynesian voyagers : the Maori as a deep-sea navigator, explorer, and colonizer (1954) 10 copies
Fishing Methods and Devices of the Maori (1977) 9 copies
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 ... Zealand (Dominion… (2005) 8 copies
Ma ori agriculture : the cultivated food plants of the natives of New Zealand, with some account of native methods of agriculture, its ritual and origin myths 7 copies
The Stone Implements of the Maori. (1974) 6 copies
Maori Religion and Mythology, Part 2 (1982) 6 copies
Maori storehouses and kindred structures : houses, platforms, racks, and pits used for storing food, etc. (1997) 5 copies
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… (1975) 5 copies
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… (1995) 5 copies
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… (1972) 5 copies
The Maori (1979) 4 copies
The Discovery and Re-discovery of Wellington Harbour, with remarks by early voyagers on the local natives etc (1989) 4 copies
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… (2005) 3 copies
Tuhoe, Volume One: The Children of the Mist ~ a Sketch of the Origins , History, Myths and Beliefs of the Tuhoe Tribe of the Maori of New Zealand 3 copies
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… 3 copies
Waikare-moana, the sea of the rippling waters : the lake, the land, the legends : with a tramp through Tuhoe land 2 copies
Waikare-Moana, the Sea of the Rippling Waters (2022) 2 copies
The astronomical knowledge of the Maori, genuine and empirical: Including data concerning their systems of astrogeny, astrolatry, and natural ... natural phenomena (Dominion… (1922) 2 copies
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… (1975) 1 copy
Games and pastimes of the Māori : an account of various exercises, games and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times : including some information… 1 copy
Māori agriculture : the cultivated food plants of the natives of New Zealand : with some account of native methods of agriculture, its ritual and origin myths (2005) 1 copy
Forest lore of the Māori : with methods of snaring, trapping, and preserving birds and rats, uses of berries, roots, fern-root, and forest products, with mythological notes on… (2005) 1 copy
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… 1 copy
Games and pastimes of the Māori : an account of various exercises, games and pastimes of the natives of New Zealand, as practised in former times : including some information… 1 copy
The whare kohanga and its lore: comprising data pertaining to procreation, baptism, and infant betrothal etc., contributed to by members of the Ngāti Kahungunu tribe of the North… 1 copy
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… 1 copy
Spiritual and mental concepts of the Māori 1 copy
Best of Tawa, volume 1 : Porirua - and they who settled it: first published in the Canterbury Times, 11 March 1914 to 1 July 1914 (2007) 1 copy
The Maori Canoe Dominion Museum Belletin No. 7 (1976) 1 copy
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