Kurī

Kurī
Origin	New Zealand
Breed status	Extinct
Dog (domestic dog)

Kurī specimens, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, 1924

Kurī is the Māori language name for the Polynesian dog. It was introduced to New Zealand by Māori during their migrations from East Polynesia sometime around 1280 AD. It was used by Māori as a food source, and for hunting. In addition, they used the skins and fur to make dog-skin cloaks (Kahu kurī), belts, decorating weapons, and poi.

The kurī became extinct in New Zealand some time after the arrival of European settlers. The remains of the last known specimens, a female and her pup, are now in the collection of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

According to Māori tradition, the demigod Māui transformed his brother-in-law Irawaru into the first dog.

See also

• Hawaiian Poi Dog – breed of Polynesian dogs native to Hawaii
• Tahitian Dog – breed of Polynesian dogs native to the Society Islands
• Marquesan Dog – breed of Polynesian dogs native to the Marquesas Islands

Further reading

• Alto, Jan (1970). The Maori Dog: A Study of the Polynesian Dog of New Zealand. Auckland: M.A Thesis, Department of Anthropology, University of Auckland. OCLC 277831950.
• Alto, Jan (17 December 1971). "The Dentition of the Maori Dog of New Zealand". Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum. 8. Auckland: Auckland Institute and Museum: 29–45. JSTOR 42906162. OCLC 5792907138.
• Allo Bay-Peter en. J. L. 1979. The role of the dog in the economy of the New Zealand Maori. In Anderson. A. J. (Ed). Birds of a Feather: Osteological and Archaeological papers from the South Pacific in honour of R. J. Scarlett: 165- 181. British Archaeological Records. International Series 62.
• Anderson, A. J.; Clark, G. R. (March 2001). "Advances in New Zealand Mammalogy 1990-2000: Polynesian Dog or Kuri". Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 31 (1). Wellington: Royal Society of New Zealand: 161–163. doi:10.1080/03014223.2001.9517645. OCLC 4901500463.
• Anderson, Atholl (1981). "Pre-European Hunting Dogs in the South Island, New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Archaeology. 3. Dunedin: New Zealand Archaeological Association: 15–20. OCLC 605733958.
• Black, G. J. (March 1922). "A Maori Dog-skin Cloak (Kaha Kuri)". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 31 (1). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 59–63. JSTOR 20701862. OCLC 6015242651.
• Clark, Geoffrey R. (1995). The Kuri in Prehistory: a Skeletal Analysis of the Extinct Maori Dog. MA thesis, Anthropology Department, University of Otago
• Clark, Geoffrey R. (April 1997). "Anthropogenic Factors and Prehistoric Dog Morphology: A Case Study from Polynesia". Archaeology in Oceania. 32 (1). Sydney: Oceania Publications, University of Sydney: 124–130. doi:10.1002/j.1834-4453.1997.tb00378.x. JSTOR 40387064. OCLC 6015358906.
• Clark, Geoffrey R (1997a). "Osteology of the kuri Maori: The prehistoric dog of New Zealand". Journal of Archaeological Science. 24: 113–126. doi:10.1006/jasc.1995.0098.
• Clark, Geoffrey R. (1997b). Maori Subsistence Change: Zooarchaeological Evidence from the Prehistoric Dog of New Zealand. Asian Perspectives, 36(2), 200-219. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/42928408
• Clout, Stephanie Dale (2003). The archaeology, ethnography and mitochondrial genetics of the extinct Polynesian dog : a select annotated bibliography : submitted to the School of Communications and Information Management, Victoria University of Wellington in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Library and Information Studies. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington. OCLC 904068456.
• Colenso, William (1877). Notes on the Ancient Dog of the New Zealanders. Christchurch: Kiwi Publishers. ISBN 978-1-877145-09-4. OCLC 950892251. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
• Coutts, Peter, & Jurisich, Mark. (1973). Canine Passengers in Maori Canoes. World Archaeology, 5(1), 72-85. Retrieved from https://www.jstor.org/stable/124154
• Fletcher, H. J. (March 1912). "No. 235. The Kuri-maori, or Native Dog". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 21 (81). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 184. OCLC 1762632.
• Greig, K; Boocock, J; Prost, S; Horsburgh, KA; Jacomb, C; et al. (2015). "Complete Mitochondrial Genomes of New Zealand's First Dogs". PLOS ONE. 10 (10): e0138536. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0138536. {{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in: |last6= (help)CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
• Luomala, Katharine (1960). Stanley Diamond (ed.). "The Native Dog in the Polynesian System of Values". Culture in History: Essays in Honor of Paul Radin (1st ed.). New York: Columbia University Press: 190–240. OCLC 16324448.
• Luomala, Katharine (July 1960). "A History of the Binomial Classification of the Polynesian Native Dog" (PDF). Pacific Science. 14 (13). Honolulu: Pacific Science Association: 193–223. hdl:10125/8347. OCLC 78130351.
• Luomala, Katharine (April 1962). "Additional Eighteenth-Century Sketches of the Polynesian Native Dog, Including the Maori" (PDF). Pacific Science. 16 (2). Honolulu: Pacific Science Association: 170–180. hdl:10125/5950. OCLC 16324444.
• Murison, W. D. (1877). "Note on the wild dog. Appendix to Gillies. R. Note on some Changes in the Fauna of Otago". Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute. 10: 306–324.
• Salmond, Anne (2003). The Trial of the Cannibal Dog: The Remarkable Story of Captain Cook's Encounters in the South Seas. New Haven: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10092-1. OCLC 249435583.
• Skinner, W. H. (September 1914). "The Ancient Maori Dog". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 23 (3). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 173–175. JSTOR 20701078. OCLC 6015299748.
• Titcomb, Margaret; Pukui, Mary Kawena (1969). Dog and Man in the Ancient Pacific, with Special Attention to Hawaii. Vol. 59. Honolulu: Bernice P. Bishop Museum Special Publications. OCLC 925631874.
• Williams, Carys (2015). "For the Love of Dog – A Discussion on Dog Domestication with an Ethnographic Focus on the Islands of the South Pacific". Oxford: University of Oxford. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
• White, Taylor (1891). "Article LI.—On the Native Dog of New Zealand". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 24. Wellington: Royal Society of New Zealand: 540–557. OCLC 2256259.
• White, Taylor (1894). "Article LXX. Te Kuri maori (the Dog of New Zealand). A Reply to the Rev. W. Colenso". Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 26. Wellington: Royal Society of New Zealand: 585–600. OCLC 2256259.
• White, Taylor; Editor (March 1912). "No. 233. The Kuri-maori, or Native Dog". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 21 (81). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 138–139. OCLC 1762632. {{cite journal}}: |author2= has generic name (help)
• Wilson, Andrew (March 1913). "Notes and Queries: The Native Dog (Kuri Maori)". The Journal of the Polynesian Society. 22 (1). Wellington: The Polynesian Society: 42. JSTOR 20701019. OCLC 811588371.
• Wood, Jamie R.; Crown, Cole; Theresa, L; Wilmshurst, Janet M. (2016). "Microscopic and ancient DNA profiling of Polynesian dog (kurī) coprolites from northern New Zealand". Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 6: 496–505. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2016.03.020.