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Detail of dust wrapper ARTISTIC HERITAGE IN A CHANGING PACIFIC (dark1p 150/173 DARK01)
Dark, Philip J.C. & Roger G. Rose (ed). ARTISTIC HERITAGE IN A CHANGING PACIFIC. Fourth International Symposium on the Arts of the Pacific 1989 (Pacific Arts Association). BNo. 1-86333-080-1. First Edition, 1993. Pp: viii, 261; 230mm x 200mm; 1.00kg. 20 col, 208 b/w & fig, 5 tab, 2 maps. Preface, introduction, the contributors, references. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford Press Pty Ltd, Bathurst, NSW, 1993. (The symposium was held at the Honolulu Academy of Arts in August 1989. Of the 55 papers and presentations at that meeting, 22 papers are included in this volume) (Keywords: Ethnology, Hawaii, Marquesas, New Guinea, Abelam, Sepik, New Ireland, Aboriginal painting, Central Australia, Samoan, Maori).
Book Code: G012 AU$45
Note: Contributors and papers are:
(1) Dark, Philip J.C. and Roger D. Rose. - Introduction. (2) Spriggs, Matthew - How Much of the Lapita Design System Represents the Human Face? (3) Pietrusewsky, M. - Lapita Origins: An Osteological Perspective. (4) Terrell, John - Pacific Prehistory as a Work of Art. (5) Tilburg, Jo Anne Van - When the Experts Make Mistakes: Observations on Preserving the Monolithic Statues of Rapa Nui (Easter Island). (6) Seaver, J.T. - "Traditional" Rapa Nui Designs on Statues of Contemporary Christian Saints. (7) Kaeppler, Adrienne L. with the assistance of Paula Rudall and Dorota Starzecka - Wood Analysis and Historical Contexts of Collecting Hawaiian Wooden Images: A Preliminary Report. (8) Morris, R. Janthina - Traditional Kupe'e: The Hawaiian Dog Tooth, Shell, Seed and Cordage Dance Ornaments. (9) Ivory, Carol S. - Re-Viewing Marquesan Art. (10) Stevenson, Karen - The Museum as a Research Tool: A Tahitian Example. (11) Jones, Laura - The Pareu: Persistence and Revival in French Polynesian Folk Art. (12) Rose, Roger G. - Taumi Gorgets from the Society Islands. (13) Waite, Deborah B. - Three Images from Mangareva: A Reappraisal. (14) Enright, John - The Westernization of Time and Samoan Folk Arts. (15) Smidt, Dirk and Noel McGuigan - An Emic and Etic Role for Abelam Art (Papua New Guinea): The Context of a Collecting Trip on Behalf of the Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden. (16) Anderson, Christopher - The Art of the Sacred and the Art of Art: Contemporary Aboriginal Painting in Central Australia. (17) Faulstich, Paul - "You Read 'im This Country": Landscape, Self and Art in an Aboriginal Community. (18) Megaw, Ruth and J.V.S. Megaw - Black Art and White Society: Some Bicentenial Observations on Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art. (19) Simons, Susan Cochrane - Strong Ai Bilong Em: A Comparison of Papua New Guinean Urban Artists and Australian Aboriginal Artists. (20) Lindstrom, Lamont and Geoffrey M. White - Singing History: Island Songs from the Pacific War. (21) Lewis, Phillip - The Future of New Ireland Art. (22) Dark, Philip J.C. - The Future of Pacific Arts: A Matter of Style? (23) Mead, S.M. - The Maintenance of Heritage in a Fourth World Context: The Maori Case.
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Edge-Partington, James & Charles Heape. AN ALBUM OF WEAPONS, TOOLS, ORNAMENTS, ARTICLES OF DRESS OF THE NATIVES OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. Drawn and described from examples in public and private collections in Australasia. Third Series. BNo. n/a Third Series 1898 (1890-1899). Pp: (vi), 225, (vii); 205mm x 405mm; 3.70kg. About 1800 fig. Preface, author's preface, contents, index, additional notes. A very good loose-leaf copy in fitted box with blue cloth covering, hinged lid. Bx: g. (paper-lining cracked at lower corners). Lithographed by Palmer Howe & Co, Manchester, 1899. (Third Series with limited circulation of 175 copies is made up of loose single-sided printed sheets. The sketches which make up this , the third series of the ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands, are the result of a visit to the Museums of Australasia and America by James Edge-Partington. The object of the journey was twofold. First to obtain additional information and, second, to ensure greater accuracy in the description of the objects) (Keywords: Ethnology, Tahati, Hawaii, Marquesas, Fiji, Solomon, New Britain, Admiralty, Hebrides, Santa Cruz, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Australia).
Book Code: J242 SOLD - now out of stock AU$2200
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Detail of wrapper - NEW GUINEA on the Treshold. (fisk01ap 160/237 FISK01)
Fisk, E.K. (editor). NEW GUINEA ON THE THRESHOLD. Aspects of Social, Political and Economic Development. BNo.n/a. First Edition, 1966. Pp: xx, 290; 235mm x 155mm; 0.60kg. 16 b/w, 10 fig, 1 map. Foreword by Sir John Crawford, acknowledgments, notes on contributors, references, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (wear on dw & cvr). Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1966. (A group of experts, who have made a special study of Papua New Guinea, examine the then current situation prior to Papua New Guinea's transition to independent nationhood from the point of view of their own speciality, and consider what this bodes for the future) (Keywords: Sociology, politics, economics, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea).
Book Code: C145 AU$24
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Detail of wrap - THREE REGIONS OF MELANESIAN ART (forge1ap 165/213 FORG1)
Forge, Anthony & Raymond Clausen. THREE REGIONS OF MELANESIAN ART. New Guinea and the New Hebrides. BNo.n/a. First Edition, 1960 (pb). Pp: 24; 280mm x 215mm; 0.15kg. 33 b/w, 2 maps. Foreword, Catalogue, source of illustrations. A good paperback copy. (ex-library - small stamp btp) Wrp: g. (minor surface damage to wrap). The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1960. (This pulication was prepared in conjunction with an exhibition of Melanesian sculptures in the Museum's collection, and paintings lent by Anthony Forge) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Kamanggabi, Arambak, Alamblak, Yi'pon, Abelam, New Hebrides, Vanuatu, Malekula).
Book Code: E335 SOLD - now out of stock AU$35
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Fortune, Robert F. SORCERERS OF DOBU. The Social Anthropology of the Dobu Islanders of the Western Pacific. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1932. Pp: xxviii, 318; 240mm x 160mm; 0.92kg. 9 b/w, 6 fig, 1 map. Preface, introduction, appendices I to VII, index. A good copy with wear on corners and head and tail of spine. Cvr: g(-). (crease across back cover). George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 1932. (This book is the results of the Australasian National Research Council Expedition to the D'Entrecasteaux Isalnd of Dobu in Papua New Guinea in 1927-28. The author presents a first-hand picture of the social dynamics of a Melanesian tribe. This is the first intimate study of the effect of sorcery upon the private lives of a primitive people) (Keywords: Ethnology, anthropology, Western Pacific, economics, Kula).
Book Code: E392 AU$140
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Detail of dust wrap - KUNDI DAN (fowke01p 150/198 FOWK01)
Fowke, John. KUNDI DAN. Dan Leahy's life among the Highlanders of Papua New Guinea. BNo. 0-7022-2646-7. First Edition, 1995 (pb). Pp: viii, 263; 200mm x 130mm; 0.18kg. 43 b/w(pl), 2 maps. Acknowledgments, prologue, bibliography, index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland. (In 1933 Dan and Mick Leahy chanced upon New Guinea's hidden Wahgi Valley and discovered a tribal people several hundred thousand strong. Dan Leahy went on to establish a home in Papua New Guinea. This book is Dan's story) (Keywords: Exploration, Pacific, New Guinea, Mount Hagen, Wahgi, Kundi).
Book Code: N327 SOLD - now out of stock AU$15
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Detail of dust wrapper - PRIMITIVE ART (fraser1p 150/198 FRAS02)
Fraser, Douglas. PRIMITIVE ART. Discusses outstanding examples from every major area. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1962. Pp: 320; 210mm x 160mm; 0.80kg. 59 col, 124 b/w, 3 maps. Preface, suggested readings, index, photographic credits. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g.(minor wear & chipping on wrap). Thames and Hudson, London, 1962. (The text discusses outstanding examples of primitive art from every major area, including West Africa, Nigeria, the Congo, Southeast Asia, the South Pacific Islands, Australia, and the Americas) (Keywords: Ethnology, Bushongo, Sudan, Cameroons, Dongson, Melanesia, New Guinea, Polynesia, Peru, Nootka, Eskimo).
Book Code: J158 AU$35
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Detail of cover - SEPIK (gardi01ap 170/223 GARD01)
Gardi, Rene & Alfred Buhler (text). SEPIK LAND DER STERBENDEN GEISTER. Bilddokumente aus Neuguinea. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1958 Pp: 144; 280mm x 220mm; 0.85kg. 67 col, 1 map. Bilddokumente. A good hardback copy with illustrated boards. Cvr: g. (wear at corners; damage to t&b of spine area). Deutscher Bucherbund, Bern, Switzerland, 1958. (All text is in the German Language. This book presents the photography of Rene Gardi on his journey along the Sepik. The culture, culthouses and villages are described) (Keywords: Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Sepik, Chambri, Yentschemangua, Kanganaman, Timbunke, Washkuk, Maprik).
Book Code: M910 AU$80
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Detail of wrapper - A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF NEW GUINEA (gash01p 170/221 GASH01)
Gash, Noel & June Whittaker (text). A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF NEW GUINEA. From the first people to postwar reconstruction. BNo.0-7016-8218-3. First Edition, 1975. Pp: (viii), 312; 280mm x 215mm; 1.33kg. 680 b/w, fig & maps. Preface, acknowledgments, sources, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (wear on dw; small scuff mark on front cvr). The Jacaranda Press, Milton, Queensland, 1975. (The pictures record probings of New Guinea's earliest history, the ancient migrations, the charts and portraits of early European adventurers, the long assault on indigenous culture, and the years of reconstruction that followed World War II) (Keywords: Cultural history, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, adventurers, explorers, indigenous culture).
Book Code: H101 AU$38
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Detail of dust wrapper ART OF NORTHWEST NEW GUINEA. (greub1p 170/233 GREU01)
Greub, Suzanne (editor). ART OF NORTHWEST NEW GUINEA. From Geelvink Bay, Humboldt Bay, and Lake Sentani. BNo. 0-8478-1295-2. First Edition, 1992. Pp: 224; 305mm x 225mm; 1.68kg. 230 col & b/w, 6 fig, 2 maps. Foreword, introduction, credits and notes, selected bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Rizzoli International Publications Inc, New York, 1992. (Some 200 outstanding objects of ritual and daily use are illustrated to demonstrate the aesthetic sensibilities of the nonliterate peoples of the region. Ethnologists Kooijman, Theodoor van Baaren, and Jac Hoogerbrugge write from experience of the art in the style areas) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Korwar, Raja Ampat, Kurudu).
Book Code: S387 AU$95
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