Maoris, The, and Their Arts.
Mead, Margaret. The Maoris and Their Arts. Guide Leaflet No. 71. New York: The American Museum of Natural History, 1928.
Slim 8vo.; tan printed wrappers.
First edition of this scarce “Guide Leaflet” to an exhibition at the Museum of Natural History in New York City; Mead’s first book, written while working on her doctoral thesis in anthropology at Columbia University. Provides an introduction to and illustrations of Maoris woodwork, weaponry, textiles and tattooing.
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