On The Women

Attractive Book

Of Polynesia

A couple of years ago, the Seven ?as Publishing Pty. Ltd., of Welling on, New Zealand, brought out a lamorous album of 60 superb olour photographs of Tahiti—3o of iem of Tahitian women—which we ud at the time were “probably the nest of Tahiti ever published in a ngle book " (PIM, Jan., 1966, p.

S).

The photographs were by Hubert eben, a German-born photographer, ho settled in New Zealand in 1961.

Sieben has now provided a further :ries of 28 magnificent full-page holographs—this time entirely of omen—to illustrate a luxurious book (titled Women of Polynesia JNZIO.SO) by a New Zealander, r. Terry Barrow.

The book is also illustrated by imerous other photographs, paint gs and drawings, some in colour it most in black and white. These ustrations are mainly the work of lists and photographers who visited e South Seas in the 18th, 19th id early 20th centuries.

It is not clear whether Dr. arrow’s text is meant to prove some ing about the pictures, or whether e pictures are meant to prove mething about the text.

Dr. Barrow, at any rate, discourses an informative and well-informed ay on a variety of subjects—the lysical characteristics, mental lalities and ideas of beauty of the )lynesians; their religious concepts id mythology; social structure, arriage and family; arts and crafts; fiynesian women in European art id literature; and, needless to say, aether Polynesian women really are uninhibited in sexual matters as ey have always been reputed to be.

The book has some 244 pages, aich measure approximately 11 ches by 8. It is a most attractive oduction.

Other books

Other attractive books issued re ntly by Sevenseas Publishing Pty. d. (with numerous colour illustra ms by Hubert Sieben) are; • The Maori People of New •aland. This is a 60-page account the evolution of the Maori and fir music by James Siers, plus an count of their love legends by W.

Ngata. The pages measure 12 in.

x 9 in. Softbound, the book sells for

Jnzi.2S.

• Maori Songs of New Zealand (with both words and music) col lected and arranged for piano by Sam Freedman. This book, which runs to 164 pages, incorporates the material in The Maori People of New Zealand mentioned above. Hard cover editions sell for 5NZ6.95; soft cover, 5NZ4.95. • Music of the Maori, a hard cover book of 44 pages, is a critical account of traditional and modern Maori music, which traces its development from pre-European times to the present day. The author is Dr. Terry Barrow. (SNZI.9S). • A series of booklets on Rotorua, Fiji, Australia, The Family of the Maori, etc., published at NZSO cents each. These booklets are also available with LP records of music of the places in question.—RL. (Copies from Sevenseas Publishing Pty.

Ltd., P.O. Box 1431, Wellington, NZ).