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Front of MAMBU - A Melanesian Millennium (burridge1p 150/228 BURR01)
Burridge, Kenelm. MAMBU. A Melanesian Millennium. BNo. n/a. First Edition 1960. Pp: xxiii, 296; 215mm x 140mm; 0.65kg. 1 col, 29 b/w (pl), 2 fig, 3 maps. Preface, prologue, appendices A & B, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1960. (Mambu is the name of an indigenous person of Papua New Guinea who, in the late 1930s, led what has become to be known as a "Cargo" movement. The author went to live in New Guinea and tried to find out why these cults occur and how far those who initiate them succeed) (Keywords: Sociology, New Guinea, Tangu, Bogia Bay, Madang, Manam Island, Cargo Cults).
Book Code: B016 AU$65
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Cochrane, Glynn. BIG MEN AND CARGO CULTS. Cult movements in Papua and Solomons between 1916 and 1967. BNo. n/a. First Edition 1970. Pp: xxix, 187, 215mm x140mm; 0.52kg. 3 fig, 4 maps. Foreword, acknowledgments, prologue, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Oxford University Press, London, 1970. (The author examines cult movements in Papua and the Solomons and makes a radical departure from existing theories approaches by stressing that functionalism can succeed in unravelling many previous unexplained features of the so-called 'cargo' cults) (Keywords: Elema, Hevehe Ceremony, Solomon Islands, Doliassi 'Custom' Movement, Cargo Cults).

Book Code: D473 AU$23
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Codrington, R.H. THE MELANESIANS - Studies in their Anthropology and Folk-Lore. BNo.n/a. First Edition, 1891. Pp: xvi, 420; 220mm x 145mm; 0.96kg. 34 illus, 1 map(fo). Preface, note, index. A very good hardback copy. Cvr: vg. (no dw; minor wear on cvr; small stamp on fep). Oxford at the Claredon Press, 1891. (This book brings together the results of the author's observations of Melanesian people over many years from 1863 to 1887. Chapters include: social regulation, kinship and marriage connection, chiefs, property and inheritance, secret societies and mysteries, religion, sacrifices, spirits, sacred places, magic, death, burial, after death, art of life, dances, and stories) (Keywords: Social anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, Banks Islands, Vanuatu).
Book Code: R472 AU$480
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Detail of wrapper - FIRST CONTACT - New Guinea's Highlanders Encounter the Outside World. (connolly3p 150/200 CONN03)
Connolly, Bob & Robin Anderson. FIRST CONTACT. New Guinea's Highlanders Encounter - The Outside World. BNo. 0-670-80167-4. First Edition, 1987. Pp: xiii, 317; 235mm x 180mm; 0.96kg. 127 b/w, 1 map. Acknowledgments, source note, notes, bibliography, photo credits. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Viking Penguin Books, New York, 1987. (This book chronicles the "first contact" experience of the Australian Michael Leahy when he went out looking for gold in the unexplored highlands of New Guinea) (Keywords: Exploration, Pacific, Melanesia, Wahgi, Chimbu, Asaro, Mariefuteger).
Book Code: N318 AU$44
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Conru, Kevin (editor). BERNATZIK - SOUTH PACIFIC. Photographs by Hugo A. Bernatzik. BNo. 88-7439-002-5. First Edition, 2002. Pp: 250; 300mm x 235mm; 1.90kg. 148 b/w. Acknowledgments, introduction, essay, bibliography, appendix. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. 5 Continents Editions, Milan, 2002. (This book is a portfolio of some of the photographs of Hugo Bernatzik's collection taken in the Solomon Islands and New Guinea in 1932-33) (Keywords: Photography, Melanesia, New Guinea, Solomon Islands).
Book Code: Q028 AU$95
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Detail of wrap - NATIVE ARTS OF NORTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC (corbin3p 150/187 CORB3)
Corbin, George. NATIVE ARTS OF NORTH AMERICA, AFRICA AND THE SOUTH PACIFIC. An Introduction. BNo. 0-06-430174-5. First Edition, 1988 (pb). Pp: xxx, 320; 230mm x 185mm; 0.74kg. 16 col, over 350 b/w & fig, 12 maps. Acknowledgments, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy in illustrated wrap. Wrp: vg. Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1988. (This introduction to the arts of tribal peoples of North America, Africa, and the South Pacific studies in depth thirty-six art styles within all three areas using the methods of art history including stylistic analysis and iconographic interpretation) (Keywords: Polynesia, Marquesas, Maori, Melanesia, Tolai, Abelam, Australian Aboriginal, Eskimo, Haida, Hohokam, Bamana, Senufo, Yoruba, Fang).
Book Code: C435 AU$48
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Cox, Paul & Ulli Beier. HOME OF MAN: The People of New Guinea. BNo. 17-019527-9. First Edition, 1971. Pp: 96; 280mm x 205mm; 0.65kg. 60 b/w. Introduction, index of poems, index of photographs, technical information. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (chipped dw with minor tears; wear on cvr). Thomas Nelson (Australia) Ltd, Melbourne, 1971. (This book is a record of photographs of one man's pilgrimage to the home of man. Reflection and contrast are provided by poems and an introduction is provided by Ulli Beier) (Keywords: Photography, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, portrait, indigenous people).
Book Code: J431 AU$25
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detail of wrap - MELANESIA - A Short Ethnography (cranstone01bp 155/209 CRAN01)
Cranstone, B.A.L. MELANESIA - A Short Ethnography. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1961 (pb). Pp: 115; 245mm x 185mm; 0.34kg. 117 b/w, 29 fig, 1 map. Preface, note, introduction, further reading, artefact registration, index. A good paperback copy with illustrated wrapper. Wrp: g. (minor foxing on wrp). Trustees of the British Museum, London, 1961. (This book describes the cultural area taking into account all aspects of its anthropology. It deals with social and economc life in Melanesia as well as the material culture) (Keywords: Ethnology, Kula exchange, Papuan Gulf, Solomon Islands, Malanggan, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Fiji).
Book Code: M261 AU$120
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detail of wrapper - KILENGE ART AND LIFE. (dark3p 150/206 DARK03)
Dark, Philip J.C. KILENGE ART AND LIFE. A Look at a New Guinea People. BNo. 85670-011-8. First Edition, 1974. Pp: 132; 290mm x 215mm; 0.89kg. 1 col, 246 b/w, 1 map. Preface, pidgin words, references, dates, notes. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Academy Editions, London, 1974. (In this illustrated monograph the author records his first impressions of the Kilenge who live in the western tip of the island of New Britain. Their art was still produced in the traditional manner to function in the society of the people who produced it) (Keywords: Ethnology, Kilenge, Tami Islands, Siassi, Garove Island).
Book Code: H186 AU$54
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