Polynesia - Religious life and customs

Date: 1839

By: Hale, Horatio Emmons, 1817-1896

Reference: MS-0923-0924

Description: Quantity: 3 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss

Date: [18--]

From: Polynesian Society: Records

Reference: MS-Papers-1187-166

Description: Comprises notes commenting on Maori and Polynesian supernatural powers; a paper called `Early Samoa records, their value and mode of conserving' which was intended for the JPS but never printed; notes headed `Jottings re Vairoto - for Mr Smith'; and `The Manu-mea, (red bird) of Samoa - or records of a bird, now nearly extinct'. Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1888, [1893?]

By: Gill, William Wyatt (Rev), 1828-1896

Reference: MS-Papers-1265

Description: First letter deplores ritualism in the Anglican Church in New South Wales. Second, to Sir Charles Read, comments on the latter's 'On the origin and sacred character of certain ornaments of the SE Pacific', 1891; also compares meanings and forms used in various Polynesian languages Other Titles - On the origin and sacred character of certain ornaments of the SE Pacific Quantity: 1 folder(s) (2 letters). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holographs Processing information: Second letter removed from a copy of Read's 'On the origin and sacred character of certain ornaments of the SE Pacific'

Date: 1954-1975

By: Schäfer, Adele, 1905-1980

Reference: MS-Papers-0531

Description: Includes correspondence with A Kalsbeek, (Polynesian etymologist); 2 radio plays on Maori traditions; related articles, research notes on language comparisons, mythology and word lists.. Teacher and comparative linguist; she sought to show an affinity between Maori and Indo-European languages Quantity: 14 folder(s). 0.17 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, typescripts, printed matter and some photocopies or carbon copies Finding Aids: Inventory available.

Date: 1919 - 1820 - 1829

By: Paiore, active 1820s; Crompton-Smith, Maurice, 1864-1953

Reference: A-164-010

Description: A creation chart by Paiore of Anaa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago. See 'The lost caravel' by Robert Langdon. (Sydney, Pacific Publications, 1975) for further details. The drawing consists of a pyramid-shaped structure of plants, animals and humans, with dotted lines in a half-circle above the pyramid, linking the different aspects of creation. This version is an ink copy, prepared by an unknown copyist for the Journal of the Polynesian Society in 1918 and based on an earlier version, probably from the 1820s, whose location is unknown, although the Library holds a photograph of it (negative F-28160-1/2). Original for illustration in Journal of the Polynesian Society, v. 28 (1919), p.211. cf A Maori cosmogony (28160 1/2) - which is wrongly titled, since the image comes from Tuamotu, not New Zealand. The Paumotu Archipelago is now known as Tuamotu. Other Titles - The Tuamotu conception of the Heavens. 1820s Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on linen tracing cloth, 190 x 235 mm

Date: 1844

From: [Angas, George French] 1822-1886 :[Sketchbook 1844]

Reference: A-020-042

Description: Shows a number of artifacts from Fiji, Samoa and New Caledonia including musical pipes, decorated weapon sheaths, and other handheld objects. Beside one is the note "Resembling Lictor's fasces", and another has the note "H.M.S. Bramble" alongside it (Angas is not known to have travelled on the HMS Bramble). Navigator Island / Navigators Islands is another name for the Samoan Islands. They were named Navigators Islands by Louis de Bougainville, in 1768. Other Titles - tabooing Loyalty Island Other Titles - Navigator's Islands Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil and watercolour, 255 x 333 mm