The Art Workmanship of the Maori Race in New Zealand:
The Art Workmanship of the Maori Race in New Zealand:
Hamilton, Augustus. [from Old Catalog]
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Herbert Williams, of Poverty Bay, on a Maori house§ as construded by the Ngati •" Cook's Voyage " (Hawkosworth), Vol. ii., p. 31^3. + Journal Pol. Soc. Vol. v., p. 154. X See an interesting description of a house built by the Maoris for Mr. Colenso in 1844 at Waitangi, Hawkes Bay. " Trans. N.Z. Institute," Vol. xiv., p. 50. § Journal Pol. Soc, Vol. v., p. 145, No. 19. Digitized by Google 8o The Habitations of the New Zealanders. Porou tribe, who still occupy the East Cape distridt, and who have... at all times been noted for their skill in building and carving. A whare consisted of a framework of timber, carefully notched, and lashed together with flax, the wall spaces being filled in with screens made chiefly of kakahoj the reeds of the toetoe plsmt ( A rundo conspicua), the whole being covered with bundles of raupo (Typha angustifolia) ^ bound on with strips of flax (Phorniiitm tenax). For months, and perhaps years, the materials would be sought for, collefted, and prepared. Suitable timbers would be slowly and laboriously dressed down to the required size by the application of fire and stone tools.
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