MANUSCRIPT
Notebook
- Date
- 1907-1909
- By
- Hutana, Ihaia, 1843?-1938; Mair, William Gilbert, 1832-1912; Te Paa, Wiki (Rev), 1845-1919; Petera, Nora, active 1907; Hetaraka, Merito, active 1907; Weteri, Hiri, active 1907; Hotene, Hira, active 1907; Manga, Riwai, active 1908; Kiriwehi, Wiremu, active 1892
- Reference
- MS-Papers-0407-19
- Description
Contains miscellaneous notes and whakapapa compiled by Keys from a variety of sources about Maori society and culture; significant entries include the fishing up of the North Island by Maui, rituals and customs associated with food collection, information about various place names, and information about native flora and fauna; the manuscript also includes accounts of the introduction of kumara to New Zealand, and about the tohunga, Te Tahi o te Rangi; there are also a number of epitaphs copied in the book
Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Finding Aids: Inventory available.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original - Microfilm copies available in Katherine Mansfield Reading Room. Use MS-Copy-Micro-0724-1
- Part of
- Keys, Ben, 1878-1951 : Papers
- Format
- 1 folder(s), Manuscripts
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