Tuhoe. The Children of the Mist

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 Bay of Plenty District. Vol 1.
Elsdon Best. (1925) 1977 Third edition. Polynesian Society/Reed, Wellington.

Part I: Tuhoeland and its story:
The early tribes.
Tuhoe, origin and history.
Te Whaiti-nui-a-Toi. Te Whaiti c1670-1850.
Te Papuni. Waikaremoana. East Coast raids.
The coming of the white man. Early traders and missionaries.
Te riri pakeha. Fighting between Tuhoe and Europeans.

Part II: Traditions, myths, folk lure, religious beliefs and practices of the Mataatua tribes.
Hawaiiki. The coming of Mataatua.
Myth and Folklore. Omens.
The Spirit World. Religion. Tohunga.

Some whakapapa throughout.
Photo of Tutakangahau.

1211pp; b/w photos; index to genealogies in text; general index; appendices; very thick hard cover book; very good condition, some pge crnrs creased, the odd tiny mark, pge 33 torn most of the way along left margin (does not affect text), tiny tear bttm of pge 250, 1 word written in pge margin, pge edges soiled, tiny split in paper at bttm front hinge (not through full thickness), slightly loose back hinge.

Brown cloth covers, gilt lettering on spine, crnrs bumped, edgewear, rubbed, v/small hole in cloth at back, 2 1/2 cm split in cloth back spine fold.

This is an extremely scarce and collectible book. The definitive work on the subject. He taonga.

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