THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE COOK ISLANDS (AITUTAKI) by TE RANGI HIROA BUCK 1927

THE MATERIAL CULTURE OF THE COOK ISLANDS (AITUTAKI) by Te Rangi Hiroa P. Buck and published by the Board of Maori Ethnological Research, New Zealand in 1927.

Extremely rare 384 page hardcover with pictorial red cloth covers and matching endpapers. Covers houses, domestic furniture, clothing, mats, baskets, stonework, canoes, fishing, fowling, recreation, and more. Folding map and numerous photos and drawings throughout. Wear and staining to cloth covers and fading to spine. Wear and fraying to edges of cloth at spine.

Hinges are cracked and some light bumps and wear to edges. Binding is stable and inside is fairly clean. Housed in a mylar cover. ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND THIS VOLUME.

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