Foxing, previous owners name on front cover.

Handbook of the Auckland War Memorial Museum, 1960. Second edition.

Although this booklet purports to be "an outline of Maori art", it does not by any means cover all forms of Maori expression. Neglecting legend and chant, dancing, plaited textiles and painted scrolls, it limits itself to the art of wood-carving, and justification for the somewhat comprehensive sub-title appears only in the manner of approach to the subject.