William Wyatt Gill
(Person)
Works by this Author in Our Collection
Mentioned in
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
- Ethnology of Tongareva
- Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History
- Legends of the Maori
- Mangaian Society
- Maori and Polynesian: their origin, history and culture
- Polynesian Voyagers. The Maori as a Deep-sea Navigator, Explorer, and Colonizer
- The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori, Genuine and Empirical
- The Atoll of Funafuti, Ellice group : its zoology, botany, ethnology and general structure based on collections made by Charles Hedley of the Australian Museum, Sydney, N.S.W.
- The Coming of the Maori
- The Maori: Yesterday and To-day
- The Maoris of the South Island
- The Material Culture of the Cook Islands (Aitutaki)
Cited in
- Arts and Crafts of the Cook Islands
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
- Ethnology of Tongareva
- Land Tenure in the Cook Islands
- Mangaian Society
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.jpg "Figure 161.—Mangaian kites (after Gill, with tail of a shortened). a, 'ua moa (fowl's egg), egg shaped: 1, median rod of miro;2,2, crossbars of reed (kaka'o); 3, elliptical hoop of hibiscus; 4, 4, bunches of feathers at beginning and end of tail; 5, four spaced bunches of yellow ti leaves, representing constellation of \"Twins and their parents\" (Pirierua ma), b, perue, winged kite: frame as shown, with proximal and distal bunches of feathers (4, 4) and three intervening bunches of ti leaves rep…")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "William Wyatt Gill":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.