Elsdon Best
(Person)
Farm worker, soldier, sawmiller, health inspector, ethnographer, writer.
Works by this Author in Our Collection
- The Astronomical Knowledge of the Maori, Genuine and Empirical
- The Maori As He Was : A Brief Account of Life as it Was in Pre-European Days
- The Maori Division of Time
- The Maori - Volume 1
- The Maori - Volume 2
- Polynesian Voyagers. The Maori as a Deep-sea Navigator, Explorer, and Colonizer
Works by this Author in other Collections
- Art. XXV.—Maori Eschatology: The Whare Potae (House of Mourning) and its Lore; being a Description of many Customs, Beliefs, Superstitions, Rites, &c., pertaining to Death and Burial among the Maori People, as also some Account of Native Belief in a Spiritual World., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. V.—Maori Magic: Notes upon Witchcraft, Magic Rites, and various Superstitions as practised or believed in by the Old-time Maori., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IV.—Maori Marriage Customs: being Notes on Ancient Maori Customs, Ritual and Sociological, connected with Courtship, Marriage, and Divorce, together with some Account of the Levirate, and of many Superstitious Beliefs, and Ancient Animistic Myths connected with the same, as held and preserved by the Maori Peoples of the Tuhoe Tribe., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XV.—Maori Numeration: Some Account of the Single, Binary, and Semi-vigesimal Systems of Numeration formerly employed by the Maori., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. II.—Notes on Ancient Polynesian Migrants, or Voyagers, to New Zealand, and Voyage of the “Aratawhao” Canoe to Hawaiki., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVIII.—Maori Origins: Part II.* For Part I., see vol. xxxii., page 294., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVI.—Maori and Maruiwi: Notes on the Original Inhabitants of New Zealand and their Culture; on the Question of how that Culture affected the Later-coming Maori; and on the Existence in these Isles of Customs, Arts, and Artifacts not traceable to Polynesia., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IV.—Tuhoe Land: Notes on the Origin, History, Customs, and Traditions of the Tuhoe or Urewera Tribe., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXV.—The Art of the Whare Pora: Notes on the Clothing of the Ancient Maori, their Knowledge of preparing, dyeing, and weaving Various Fibres, together with some Account of Dress and Ornaments, and the Ancient Ceremonies and Superstitions of the Whare Pora., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. I.—The Maori Genius for Personification; with Illustrations of Maori Mentality., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. 48.—Miramar Island and its History: How Motu-kairangi was discovered and settled by Polynesians, and how, in Times long past, it became Miramar Peninsula., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Obituary Notices Mr Alfred Philpott, F.E.S., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXIV.—Maori Origins., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. II.—Old Redoubts, Blockhouses, and Stockades of the Wellington District., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IV.—The Diversions of the Whare Tapere: Some Account of the various Games, Amusements, and Trials of Skill practised by the Maori in Former Times.., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Tuhoe: the Children of the Mist, in Te Ao Hou
- Art. XLVII.—Maori Voyagers and their Vessels: How the Maori explored the Pacific Ocean, and laid down the Sea Roads for all Time., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Mentioned in
- A Dictionary of the Maori Language
- An Introduction to Polynesian Anthropology
- Book & Print in New Zealand : A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- England and the Maori Wars
- Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
- Ethnology of Tongareva
- Hawaiki: The Original Home of the Maori; with a Sketch of Polynesian History
- Historic Poverty Bay and the East Coast, N.I., N.Z.
- Introduction to The Maori As He Was
- Maori Wars of the Nineteenth Century:
- Medicine Amongst the Maoris, in Ancient and Modern Times
- Moko; or Maori Tattooing
- New Zealand Texts Collection
- Nineteenth Century New Zealand Artists: A Guide & Handbook
- Plume of the Arawas
- Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
- Robley — Soldier with a Pencil
- Takitimu
- The Endeavour Journal of Joseph Banks 1768–1771 [Volume Two]
- The Maori Division of Time
- The Maori Race
- The Maori Situation
- The Maoris of the South Island
- The Moa-Hunters of New Zealand: Sportsman of the Stone Age
- The Old-Time Maori
- Victoria University College an Essay towards a History
- Victoria University of Wellington 1899 ~ 1999 A History
- Vikings of the Sunrise
Cited in
- A Bibliography of Online Resources for the "Moko; or Maori Tattooing" Project
- Discoverers of the Cook Islands and the Names They Gave
- Ethnology of Manihiki and Rakahanga
- Ethnology of Tongareva
- Introduction to The Maori As He Was
- Mangaian Society
- Medicine Amongst the Maoris, in Ancient and Modern Times
- Mokomokai: Commercialization and Desacralization
- Robley: Te Ropere, 1840—1930
- Robley — Soldier with a Pencil
- Takitimu
- Vikings of the Sunrise
