Best Elsdon 1904. Notes on the art of war as conducted by the Maori of New Zealand. Journal of the Polynesian Society 13: 1-19

p.1 Stockades covered with bundles of green flax leaves 3-4" thick, as defence against bullets.

p.3 Pā-rangiora, Pā-kaponga: where branches of these plants used as an obstruction.

p.8 War trumpet made from tōtara or mataī. Hollowed out, lashed with aka-tea (bark taken off first)

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Title

Notes on the art of war as conducted by the Maori of New Zealand

Date, primary

1904

Author, primary

Best Elsdon

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Journal of the Polynesian Society

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27aee247-6e13-4932-9183-d7fd9b1e70ab

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12 June 2007

Date last updated

30 October 2023