Melanesia:

 page links

Page 2 of 8

TRIBAL WORLD BOOKS
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
index
Detail of wrap - DE JADE ET DE NACRE - Patrimoine artistique kanak (boulay1p 160/183 BOUL01)
Boulay, Roger; H. Marchal & Emmaneul Kasarherou. DE JADE ET DE NACRE. Patrimoine artistique kanak. BNo. 2-7118-2337-7. First Edition, 1990 (pb). Pp: 252; 240mm x 215mm; 1.02kg. 226 col, b/w & fig, 2 maps. Pour Jean-Marie Tjibaou, avant-propos, bibliographie. A very good copy with card cover. Cvr: vg. (minor wear on cover). Reunion des Musees Nationaux, Paris, 1990. (All text is in the French language. Essays and contributors presented in this catalogue include: Archeologie de la Novelle-Caledonie (J.-Chr. Galipaud), Les saisons et les jardins (E. Kasarherou), Maisons, chemins et autels (P. Godin), La Grande Case: celebration de la societe kanak (R. Boulay), Des ancetres et des hommes (A. Bensa), Le grand deuil (W. Gorode), and Objets kanak dans les collections europeennes. The text is well supported with many photographs of kanak artefacts) (Keywords: Ethnology, rituals, ceremonies, artefacts, Pacific, Melanesia, New Caledonia, Kanak).
Book Code: R550 SOLD - now out of stock AU$140
index
Detail of front wrapper - CREATIVE SPIRITS. (bowden02p 170/225 BOWD02)
Bowden, Ross. CREATIVE SPIRITS: Bark Painting in the Washkuk Hills of North New Guinea. BNo.1-920892-86-9. First Edition, 2006. Pp: x, 202; 280mm x 215mm; 1.12kg. 21 b/w, 119 col, 6 fig, 8 tab, 1 map. Acknowledgments, notes, references, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Oceanic Art Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 2006. (This book is a study of the Kwoma people and their art of painting on bark. It describes the architectural setting in which the Kwoma barks are displayed; the technology of painting; the subjects of designs; how the art form is taught; how the Kwoma understand the concepts of 'style' and 'art'; the criteria used to judge quality in painting; and changes that are beginning to take place in the art form. The final chapter documents in detail a selection of paintings by six artists, each of whom is the subject of a brief biography) (Keywords: Material culture, bark painting, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Kwoma, Washkuk, style, art).
Book Code: U077 AU$62
index
Detail - YENA - Art and Ceremony in a Sepik Society (bowden1p 150/204 BOWD01)
Bowden, Ross. YENA. Art and Ceremony in a Sepik Society. BNo. 0-141-2477. First Edition, 1983 (pb). Pp: xii, 180; 245mm x 180mm; 0.62kg. 32 b/w, 10 fig, 7 tables, 1 map. Preface, foreword, acknowledgments, note, appendices A and B, notes, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, 1983. (The book makes a major contribution to the understanding of Sepik art by offering a detailed ethnographic description and analysis of the wooden carvings that are manufactured for and displayed during the Kwoma yena ceremony) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Kwoma, yena, nowkwi, Washkuk).
Book Code: D459 AU$45
index
Brake, Brian; James McNeish & David Simmons. ART OF THE PACIFIC. Maori, Polynesian, and Melanesian Art in New Zealand Museums. BNo.0-19-558043-5. First Edition, 1979. Pp: 240; 305mm x 235mm; 1.66kg. 84 col, 90 b/w. Preface, acknowledgments, introduction, catalogue, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Harry N. Abrams Inc Publishers, New York, 1979. (Brian Brake has photographed some of the ethnographic art from the museums of New Zealand; the text places the selected works in context of the Pacific and its history and in his commentary, David Simmons describes the social meaning and use of each item) (Keywords: Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon, New Ireland, Britain, Admiralty, New Guinea, Fiji, Hawaii, Tonga, Marquesas, Easter, Zealand).
Book Code: F292 AU$120
index
Detail of wrapper - THE ART OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS - Including Australia and New Zealand (buhler2p 150/195 BUEH02)
Buehler, Alfred; Terry Barrow & Charles P. Mountford. THE ART OF THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS. Including Australia and New Zealand. BNo. 62-11806. First Edition, 1962. Pp: 250; 230mm x 175mm; 0.82kg. 63 col, 94 fig, 5 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, appendices, bibliography, glossary, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crown Publishers Inc, New York, 1962. (This volume deals with the vast and diverse area of peoples from Australia and New Zealand to the islands of the Pacific and Easter Island, discussing the art of various tribes in relation to their history and customs) (Keywords: Ethnology, Korwar, Humboldt Bay, Sentani, Sepik, Maprik, Purari, Asmat, Admiralty Islands, New Ireland, Marquesas, Hawaii).
Book Code: H451 AU$95
index
Detail of cover - ART OF OCEANIA (Kunst der Sudsee) (buehler1p 170/181 BUEH01)
Buhler, Alfred. ART OF OCEANIA (Kunst der Sudsee). A Descriptive Catalogue by Alfred Buhler. Museum Rietberg Zurich. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1969. Pp: 300; 225mm x 220mm; 1.14kg. 116 b/w, 4 maps. Bibliography, list of plates, index. A very good hardback copy with illustrated cover. Crv: vg. Atlantis Verlag, Zurich, 1969. (This catalogue is written in the dual languages of English and German and contains 116 photographs of artefacts from Melanesia and Polynesia. It outlines the fundamental characteristics of each region, indicates the differences and provides an appreciation of this art within its cultural context) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, New Guinea, Sepik, Maprik, Trobriand, New Ireland, Marquesas, Maori, New Zealand).
Book Code: M161 AU$120
index
Detail of wrap - MAMBU - A Melanesian Millennium (burridge01p 140/214 BURR01)
Burridge, Kenelm. MAMBU. A Melanesian Millennium. BNo. 0-691-00166-9. Reprinted Edition 1995 (1960) (pb). Pp: xxix, 299; 215mm x 140mm; 0.46kg. 1 col, 29 b/w (pl), 2 fig, 3 maps. Preface, prologue, appendices A & B, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Mythos Edition, Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1995. (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: Religion, social anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Tangu, Bogia Bay, Madang, Manam Island, Cargo Cults).
Book Code: H020 AU$20
index
Detail of wrapper - LOST PARADISE - The Exploration of the Pacific (cameron05p 160/214 CAME05)
Cameron, Ian. LOST PARADISE. The Exploration of the Pacific. BNo. 0-88162-275-3. First Edition (USA), 1987. Pp: 248; 260mm x 190mm; 1.00kg. 32 col(pl), 95 b/w, 6 fig, 8 maps. Introduction, appendices, bibliography, acknowledgments, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Salem House Publishers, Topsfield, Massachusetts, 1987. (Ian Cameron's book describes the physical creation of the Pacific and suggests how the ocean's multitude of islands may have been populated by the Polynesians. It brings to life the epic voyages of the explorers and recounts the excesses of the exploiters) (Keywords: History, Pacific, Polynesia, Santa Cruz, Tonga, Melanesia, artefacts, Fiji, Marquesas).
Book Code: C083 AU$25
index
Detail of front wrap of THE ART OF KULA. (gr-campbell2p 150/227)
Campbell, Shirley F. THE ART OF KULA. Exchange in the Trobriand Islands - motivations and meanings. BNo. 1-85973-518-5. First Edition, 2002 (pb). Pp: xiii, 241; 235mm x 155mm; 0.40kg. 18 b/w, 12 fig, num dia, 3 tab, 3 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, conclusion, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Berg Publishers, Oxford, 2002. (This book unveils the many deep motivations and meanings that lie behind the pursuit of Kula. Focusing upon the visually stimulating carved and painted prow boards that decorate canoes used by the Kula voyagers, the author argues that these designs comprise layers of encoded meaning) (Keywords: Ethnography, Pacific, Melanesia, Trobriand Islands, Massim, Kula exchange).
Book Code: Q160 AU$60
index
Detail of front wrapper - ACROSS NEW GUINEA - From the Fly to the Sepik (gr-champion01p 150/231 CHAM01)
Champion, Ivan F. ACROSS NEW GUINEA FROM THE FLY TO THE SEPIK. The North-West Patrol. BNo. n/a. Second Edition, 1966 (1931). Pp: (xvi), 225; 230mm x 150mm; 0.54kg. 22 b/w(pl), 1 map(fd). Preface. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Lansdowne Press Pty Ltd, Melbourne, 1966. (In 1928 Charles Karius, an assistant resident magistrate in the Papua Administration, led the first expedition to cross the island of New Guinea at its widest point. On this and an earlier unsuccessful expedition in 1926-7, the only other European was the author, Ivan Champion,then a young patrol officer. This book is the author's account of those expeditions) (Keywords: Exploration, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Unkiamin).
Book Code: J116 SOLD - now out of stock AU$85
Update Graphic Contact Email Site Information Page Links Top Page 2 of 8
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
TRIBAL WORLD BOOKS