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Edmundson 1999
Edmundson, Anna & Chris Boylan. ADORNED -Traditional Jewellery and Body Decoration. From Australia and
the Pacific BNo.: 0-909635-36-6 First Edition, 1999 (pb) 112p; 295mm x 205mm; 0.65kg. 34 col, 65 b/w, 1 map.

Preface, ethnographic info, Bibliography, acknow. A very good paperback copy in dust wrapper. Macleay

Museum, University of Sydney, Sydney, 1999 (The book looks at some of the many ways of adorning the human

body, bringing together a wide range of nineteenth and twentieth century artefacts from the indigenous art

traditions of Australia and the Pacific) (Ethnology, Kimberley, Bathurst Island, Torres Strait, Simbu, Morobe, Irian

Jaya).


Gardi 1960
Gardi, Rene. (translated by Eric Northcott). TAMBARAN. An Encounter with Cultures in Decline in New Guinea.
BNo.: n/a. First Edition (UK), 1960. Pp: 204; 230mm x 150mm; 0.65kg. 55 b/w, num fig, 2 maps. Translator's note. A

good copy in dust wrapper. Constable and Company Ltd, London, 1960. (The author accompanied Professor

Alfrad Buhler on an expedition to the remote parts of the Sepik region to collect artefacts. The text is illustrated

with his photographs and drawings) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Abelam, Sepik).


Hahner-Herzog 1998
Hahner-Herzog, Iris, Kecskesi & Vajda. AFRICAN MASKS. The Barbier-Mueller Collection. BNo.: 3-7913-1806-3.
First Edition, 1998. Pp: 288; 310mm x 240mm; 2.04kg. 100 col, 360 b/w, 42 fig, 1 map. Acknowledgments, preface,

bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Prestel-Verlag, Munich, 1998. (This book presents 248 of

the finest examples of masks from the Barbier-Mueller Collection with many being published for the first time.

Leading scholars on African art describe the masks' historical and religious functions, and their symbolic

sifnificance) (Keywords: Ethnology, Africa, Bassa, Yoruba, Boki, Punu, Teke, Kuba).


Hersey 1991
Hersey, Irwin. INDONESIAN PRIMTIVE ART. The Asian Collection. BNo.: 0-19-588553-8. First Edition, 1991. Pp:
xvii, 112; 250mm x 190mm; 0.68kg. 35 col, 64 b/w, 18 fig, 1 map(ep). Preface, acknowledgments, appendix, selected

bibliography, index. A very good hardback copy with illustrated top board. Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1991.

(This book provides an introduction to the artefacts produced by the numerous cultures falling under the aegis of

Indonesian primitive art. It traces the history of this art from its origins in the Dong-son culture of northern

Vietnam to the present day, and reveals how a shared conception of life, death, and the universe has shaped the

art of the various tribal groups spread through the world's largest archipelago) (Keywords: Ethnology, Southeast

Asia, Adat, Batak, Nias, Enggano, Mentawei, Nicobar, Iban, Kenyah, Toraja, Sumba, Ataoro, Naga, Leti).


Jacobs, J. 1990
Jacobs, Julian. THE NAGAS - Hill Peoples of Northeast India. Society, Culture and the Colonial Encounter. BNo.:
0-500-97471-3. First Edition 1998 (pb), (1990). Pp: 359; 225mm x 245mm; 1.50kg. 250 col, 450 b/w, 1 map.

Acknowledgments, footnotes, glossary, bibliography. A very good paperback copy in illustrated cover. Thames

and Hudson, London, 1998. (With Alan Macfarlane, Sarah Harrison and Anita Herle. The vibrant material culture

is generously illustrated in this book in colour photographs which display their textiles, basketry, weapons,

metalwork and carvings. The artefacts are examined in their full historical and anthropological context.)

(Keywords: Ethnology, Ao, Ang, Angami, Chang, Kerami, Mao, Sema, Kabui, Konyak, Tangkhul, Zemi.).


Jones, P. 1999
Jones, Philip. BOOMERANG. Behind an Australian Icon. BNo.: 1-86254-382-8. First Edition 1996 (pb). Pp: (vi), 134;
165mm x 210mm; 0.35kg. 104 col, 28 b/w, 23 fig, 1 map. Author's note, preface, bibliography. A very good

paperback copy. Wakefield Press, Adelaide, 1996. (The author draws on the large boomerang collection, housed

at the South Australian Museum, to describe the boomerang's traditional uses and its more recent flight into

western culture) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Aboriginal, boomerang).


Koch 1968
Koch, Gerd. KULTUR DER ABELAM. Die Berliner "Maprik" - Sammlung. BNo.: n/a. First Edition, 1968 (pb). Pp:
112; 235mm x 170mm; 0.62kg. 14 col, 283 b/w, 1 map. Literatur, beschreibung der abgebilgeldeten objekte (katalog),

index. A good paperback copy. (minor wear at the corners). Museum Fur Volkerkunde Berlin, Berlin, 1968. (All text

is in the German language. The book contains numerous photographs of artefacts from the Abelam region of

Papua New Guinea) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Abelam).


Leiris 1967
Leiris, Michel & Jacqueline Delange. AFRIQUE NOIRE. La creation plastique. BNo.: n/a. First Edition (French),
1967. Pp: xii, 456; 270mm x 210mm; 2.67kg. 91 col, 359 b/w, 6 maps. Preface, bibliographie, index. A good copy with

cloth boards in dust wrapper. Gallimard, Paris, 1967. (All text is in the French. The discussion and illustration

cover the history of the art, body painting and ornaments, textile design, architecture, furniture, pottery, figure

sculpture, masks, cave and rock paintings) (Keywords: Ethnology, Bidyogo, Bissagos, Punu, Gabon, Zulu, South

Africa, Dinka, Sudan, Fon, Dahomey).


Leuzinger 1960
Leuzinger, Elsy. AFRICA. The Art of Negro People. BNo.: 60-13819. Second Edition, 1967 (1960). Pp: 247; 225mm x
175mm; 0.70kg. 63 col, 144 fig, 4 maps. Table of cultures, bibliography, glossary, index. A good copy in dust

wrapper. (maps not issued). Crown Publishers, Inc, New York, 1967. (In the first part the country, people, religion,

sociology, material, technique and form are discussed. In Part II all the main style regions are covered. The author

has selected some 64 examples of African art which are illustrated in full colour) (Keywords: Ethnology,

sociology, Africa, Baule, Guro, Banum, Bakota, Bakongo, Azande, Makonde, Madagascar).


Meauze 1968
Meauze, Pierre (text) & Andre Held (photography). AFRICAN ART. Sculpture. BNo.: 0-914427-43-1. First Edition,
1968. Pp: 219; 315mm x 245mm; 1.75kg. 230 col & b/w. Introduction, bibliography, glossary. A good copy in dust

wrapper. Tabard Press, New York, 1968. (Covering the whole field of traditional sculpture, from the prehistoric

period to recent times, this volume presents a display of African art from collections throughout the world)

(Keywords: Ethnology, Africa, prehistoric art, Fang, Bakota, Bobo, Bambara, Dogon).


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