Maori Symbolism

Front matter

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Contents

PAGE PREFACE BY Sirk WILLIAM ARBUTHNOT LANE, Bart.,

Cot eM Se ETCH. : : : . xi FoREWORD By HonHEPA TE eee : Fags eX REPORTER’S INTRODUCTION ‘ 5 : é 5 wail

PART I ORIGIN AND MIGRATION OF THE NEw ZEALAND Maort : : : : , ; é 1 PART II HEALTH AND RAcE CULTURE . , : 19 SECTION I. Bodily Pride : : d ; vent Zt II. Race Improvement by Warfare 3 : tae Peas III. Food as Medicine . : ‘ ; ; ; 29 IV. Hygiene and Sanitation ‘ : : . 84 V. Clothing and Sunlight . : : , est) VI. Physical Exercises ; ‘ : : . 44 PART Il SocIAL ORGANIZATION . : : ; . 51 I. Religion and Race Selection . ‘ : . 58 IJ. Community Life . : : 5 ‘ a III. Maori Science and Evolution . 4 , : 86 PART IV

III. Contents

The Sacred House.

The Pyramid Builders Methods of Communication Writing and Reckoning

Maori Wood Carvings

British Guiana Rock-Carvings Some Comparisons

PARTS

SACRED LIFE SYMBOLS Decorative Art

Arabesque, Swastika, and Sacred Heart .

Wood Carvings, Models, and Statues Maori Face Tatooing

WITNEss’s DECLARATION REPORTER’S CERTIFICATE APPENDIX: Reporter’s Notes

Ancient Israelites Ancient Greeks Greek Dances Native Dances

An American Vision Basques

Cireassians . ; : : Empire Builders The Quipu

The Dolmen-Hunter GLOSSARY

Figures 1 to 18 Plates I to XXXII

197 199 200 214 220

224 225 227

285 291

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATES

FACING PAGE Portrait of the Author. ; ; Front.

Comparative Head-Dresses, ete. 6 Three Ancient Maori 8 Maori and Irish Decorations : ~ 20

Maori Stockaded Village, with Boundary Obelisque 36 Two Maori Dancers 46 Maori Temple—Interior 54 Maori Temple—Exterior . 64 Comparative Decorations 72 Three Carved Posts . 84

New Zealand Maori and Rincah ear Women 90 Two Carvings of Tiki (Wooden Seathea) 98 Terrace Garden (Andes) 112 Ancient Statues Compared 118 Royal Inspection of Mata-Atua 126 Mata-Atua Carvings 128 Do. 128 Do. 130 Do. 132 History of Turei . 166 Petroglyphs on. Rocks at arts Falls (1 (Lie ae Do. Do. (2) 176 Sacred Life-Symbols Decorative Art . 200

Swastika and Triskele and Sacred Life- 202

Symbols x LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE FACING PAGE XXV. Iberian, Mexican, and Maori Decoration

Compared . ; . 206

XXVI. Face signs and BAe ide Reyinbots ; . 208

XXVII. Origin of Crosses’. : : 210 XXVIII. Full Figure Numerals fom 1-10 fn

Maya Sculpture . : ‘ . . 214

XXIX. Comparative Carvings : . . . 220

XXX. Three Representations of Tiki . ‘ . 226

XXXI. Symbolic Ornaments : : : - - 226

XXXII. Sacred Ma-Uri Stone : : : . 282

FIGURES IN TEXT

Cover Design—Whalebone Ko-te-ate. See p. xxix FIGURE

1. Map of route of Great Migration : : 2 Prehistoric Designs and Maori Life- ante ee

3. Ancient British and West Indian Art Compared . 25 4. Spanish Pebble Designs . 2 ; : . 50 5. Sacred Heart Designs : - ; os ater 6. Ancient Scotch Monument Ticeaton : . 69 7. Maya Tiki (after Maudeslay) . : - . 104 8. Life-Symbols on Pottery . ‘ : < ~ mee 9. Ancient Egyptian Tiki (model) . ‘ : . 140 10. Ancient National Flag of the Ancient Maori . 140 11. Maya Carvings : ‘ : : , . 146 12. Scottish Sculptured Bull . ‘ : : - 165 13. Carnac Cross . : : : : ; — Age 14. Spirals and Concentric Rings. : : >) 282 15. Maori Tattooing and Maya Sculpture : Pp Re! 16. Lake Superior Rock Carving. . : BED 17. Gorgon and Tiki oe : ‘ : . 226

18. Facial Tattooing : : : ‘ , . 288