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Dust Wrapper - Art and Performance in Oceania (craig1p 150/172 CRAI1)
Craig, B., B. Kernot & C. Anderson (ed). ART AND PERFORMANCE IN OCEANIA. The Fifth International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association. BNo. 1-86333-185-9. First Edition, 1999. Pp: viii, 318; 230mm x 200mm; 1.15kg. 8 col, num b/w, fig & maps. Preface, introduction, contributors, references. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Publishing Pty Ltd, Bathurst, 1999. (The symposium titled 'Art, Performance and Society', called for papers in sessions dealing with 'Production and Performance', 'Social and Cultural Context', 'The Record and the Remainder', and 'The Mission of Museums'. In all, some sixty papers were presented over a five-day period, twenty-four of which have been included in this book) (Keywords: Ethnology, Micronesia, Yap, Tahiti, Maori, Aboriginal art, Gamei, Papua New Guinea, Malagan, Tabar, Massim, Melanesia).
Book Code: Z005 AU$46
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Detail of dust wrapper - A PATTERN OF ISLANDS (grimble2p 150/229 GRIM02)
Grimble, Arthur. A PATTERN OF ISLANDS. Gilbert and Ellice Islands. BNo. n/a. Reprint Edition, 1958 (1952). Pp: x, 250; 215mm x 140mm; 0.57kg. 17 fig, 1 map. Prologue, epilogue, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear on cvr; chipped dw). John Murray (Publishers) Ltd., London, 1956. (This book is a story about the Gilbert and Ellice Islands in the Central Pacific woven into the travel-autobiography of the author, who, the day after his wedding in 1913, left England with his wife for the remotest corner of the British Empire. The author gives the reader numerous and fascinating glimpses of the island people, and of the slow steps by which he learnt to adapt himself to their customs and their point of view. Kiribati became ann independent sovereign nation in 1979 incorporating within its boundaries the former Gilbert Islands, the Line Islands and the Phoenix Islands) (Keywords: Travel, autobiography, Pacific, Micronesia, Polynesia, Gilbert, Ellice, Kiribati).
Book Code: C356 AU$18
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Linton, Ralph. ETHNOLOGY OF POLYNESIA AND MICRONESIA. Guide Part 6. Field Museum of Natural History. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1926 (pb). Pp: 191; 195mm x 135mm; 0.24kg. 14 b/w(pl), 59 fig, 1 map(fd). Introduction, bibliography. A fair paperback copy. Wrp: f. (wrap has missing pieces and has been repaired). Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, 1926. (This book was published as a guide to the ethnological collection of the museum) (Keywords: Ethnology, Micronesia, Polynesia, Gilbert Islands, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Samoa, New Zealand, Maori).
Book Code: M257 AU$70
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Detail of dust wrapper - ARTS OF THE SOUTH SEAS (linton4p 150/195 LINT4 )
Linton, Ralph; Paul S. Wingert, Rene D'Harnoncourt & Miguel Covarrubias. ARTS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. Museum of Modern Art, New York. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1946. Pp: 200; 255mm x 190mm; 0.82kg. 4 col, 190 b/w, 14 maps. Acknowledgments, bibliography. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (chipped & worn dw; shelf wear on cvr). Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946. (This book was one of the first comprehensive surveys of the arts of the South Pacific islands. The book deals with the aboriginal arts of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia and Australia - almost covering the entire Pacific area from Hawaii to the Philippines. This publication gives a representative picture of the background and art styles of the entire region. Two hundred plates, four of which are in colour, illustrate this account of the human background of the region) (Keywords: Ethnology, art styles, Pacific, Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Australia).
Book Code: L841 AU$120
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Detail of dust wrapper - OF ISLANDS AND MEN (maude1p 150/230 MAUD1)
Maude, H.E. OF ISLANDS AND MEN. Studies in Pacific History. BNo. AUS 67-535. First Edition, 1968. Pp: xxii, 398; 215mm x 140mm; 0.72kg. 20 b/w(pl), 20 maps. Preface, abbreviations, introduction, appendices, bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Oxford University Press, Melbourne, 1968. (This book is a collection of some of the most colourful episodes in the story of the South Seas. The author recounts the post-mutiny settlement of Tubuai in the Austral Islands and, eventually, Pitcairn by Fletcher Christian and the Bounty crew in their search for a home. There is also a sequel recounting the later attempt of th descendants of the mutineers to return from Pitcairn to Tahiti. The voyages of early discoverers across the uncharted ocean of the Pacific are described as well as stories of the beachcombers who followed in their wake. The exploits of the trade pioneers are narrated as they developed the Pacific trade in such things as pork, sandalwood, beche-de-mer (sea slug), and pearl and turtle shell) (Keywords: Exploration, colonisation, Pacific, Micronesia, Gilbert Islands, Tahiti, Phoenix Islands).
Book Code: C153 AU$45

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Detail of cover - IN DEN WEITEN DES PAZIFIK MIKRONESIEN. (treide1p 150/208 TREI1)
Treide, Barbara. IN DEN WEITEN DES PAZIFIK MIKRONESIEN. Ausgewwahlte objekte aus den sammlungen der museen fur volkerkunde zu Leipzig und Dresden. BNo. 3-89500-018-3. First Edition, 1997. Pp: 248; 290mm x 220mm; 1.54kg. 198 col & b/w, 40 b/w & fig, 2 maps. Geleitwort, vorwort, katalog, literatur, abbildungsnachweis. A very good hardback copy with illustrated board. Cvr: vg. Dr Ludwig Reichert Verlag Wiesbaden, 1997. (All text is in the German language. The essay of introduction to the catalogue is entitled 'Einstiger kultureller Kontext der Objekte und ihr Weg in die Museen'. In the catalogue section nearly two hundred artefacts from Micronesia are illustrated with a brief description and provenance) (Keywords: Ethnology, social anthropology, material culture, Pacific, Micronesia, Marianen, Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, Kosrae, Marshall-Inseln, Kirbati, Nauru).
Book Code: S214 AU$168
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