Greenstone Trails: The Maori Search for Pounamu. SIGNED by Barry Brailsford. FIRST EDITION.
Greenstone Trails: The Maori Search for Pounamu. SIGNED by Barry Brailsford.
Publisher: Reed, 1984, FIRST EDITION.
Good softback, creasing and fading to spine and back cover, edge wear, creases to cover, foxing and marks to pages, owner inscription. 193 pages, illustrated.
Pounamu, an incredibly hard jade, was highly prized by the Maori for its beauty and durability, for its sharp cutting and its spiritual and healing powers. Often simply called Greenstone today, Pounamu was fundamental to the life of the people. Yet it was not won easily, for in nature it was hidden away in remote, mountainous terrain. Barry Brailsford follows in the footsteps of those who searched the rivers and mountains of the wilderness for the precious Pounamu.
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