Traditional Maori clothing : a study of technological and functional change
Maker and role
S.M. Mead, Author
Production date
1969
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Accession number
PUB-2022-261
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Description
Contents: Maori clothing: a framework of analysis: Introduction -- Establishing a baseline -- The historical framework -- Concepts employed in analysis -- A theory of change -- Technology and function of Maori clothing in the classical period: The social background -- The range of clothing -- Decorative devices used -- Materials used in the classical period -- Techniques of manufacture -- Classical Maori fashions -- Functions served by clothing in classical Maori times -- Change in Maori clothing during the transitional period: The cultural setting -- Garments mentioned in the traditions -- Garments recorded by Angas or in museum collections -- Decorative devices used -- Materials used -- Techniques of manufacture -- The role of ritual in clothing technology -- Fashions in the transitional period -- Function served in the transitional period -- Garments of the modern period and a review of technological and functional changes: The cultural context -- Garments of the modern period -- Changes in the range of modern Maori costume -- Changes in techniques -- Changes in fashion -- Changes in functions -- Conclusion -- Appendices: Te Rangikaheke's description of cloaks -- Te Rangikaheke on preparation of flax -- Key to classification of Maori clothing and costume articles -- Glossary of Maori clothing and costume terms -- Conversion table.
Signature/Marks and Type
P10/7 6.-95 Pencil
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Physical description
238 pages, [48] pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Item
Credit line
S.M. Mead. 1969. Traditional Maori clothing : a study of technological and functional change, PUB-2022-261. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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