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Detail of front wrapper of Ritual Arts of Oceania - NEW IRELAND (gunn2p 150/204 GUNN02)
Gunn, Michael. RITUAL ARTS OF OCEANIA: NEW IRELAND. In the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum. BNo. 88-8118-207-6. First Edition, 1997. Pp: 161; 300mm x 230mm; 1.38kg. 43 col, 120 b/w, 5 fig, 5 maps. Foreword, catalogue, list of works, references, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Skira Editions, Milan, 1997. (The author offers a general presentation of the cultures found in New Ireland's different regions, before going on to explain the symbolism and function of each of the pieces featured in the book) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, tatanua, malagan, Tabar, Notsi, Witu, Uli).
Book Code: R586 AU$120
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Detail of wrap - THE CAVES OF THE KARAWARI MOUNTAINS - The Yimar culture (haberland01p 130/281 HABE01)
Haberland, Eike. THE CAVES OF THE KARAWARI MOUNTAINS. The Yimar culture. BNo. 68-25860. First Edition, 1968 (pb). Pp: xix, 113; 335mm x 140mm; 0.42kg. 104 b/w, 1 map. Index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (dumped on lower corner). D'Arcy Galleries, New York, 1968. (Text is in three languages: German, French and Enlish. The book illustrates over two hundred cult carvings of the Yimar people who live in the swampy hill country to the north of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea close to the Sepik River) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Yimar culture, Karawari, ancestor figures, head-hunting ceremonies).
Book Code: N458 SOLD - now out of stock AU$170
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Hanson, Allan & Louise Hanson (ed). ART AND IDENTITY IN OCEANIA. Third International Symposium on the Arts of Oceania 1984. (Pacific Arts Association). BNo. 1-86333-010-0. First Edition, 1990. Pp: x, 318; 235mm x 200mm; 1.18kg. 20 col, 290 b/w, fig & maps. Foreword, the contributors, references. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (penned name of fep). Crawford House Press, Bathurst, NSW, 1990. (This book represents the most recent developments in the study of the art of people of the Pacific and includes nineteen out of the forty papers which were presented at the Third International Symposium held in New York in 1984) (Keywords: Ethnology, Kominimung, Asmat, Solomon Islands, Sulka, New Britain, Maori, Australian Aboriginal).
Book Code: E409 AU$110
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Held, Dr G.J. THE PAPUAS OF WAROPEN. Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land-, en Volkenkunde, Translation Series 2. BNo. n/a. First Edition (English), 1957 (1947). Pp: xv, 384; 240mm x 155mm; 1.02kg. 77 b/w(pl), 32 fig, 2 maps(fo). Editorial preface, preface, introduction, glossary, abbreviations, index. A good copy in green-cloth boards. Cvr: g. Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1957. (This book is about the Waropen tribes who inhabit part of the coastal region of Geelvink Bay in the north-west of Irian Jaya. The study is a description of the non-Christianised Waropen culture as observed by the author around 1940) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Papuan, Aiwo, Munaba, Mambui, Waren).
Book Code: J079 AU$240
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Detail of dust wrapper of MOVING IMAGES - John Layard, Fieldwork and Photography on Malakula Since 1914. (herle05p 180/223 HERL05)
Herle, Anita and Haidy Geismar. MOVING IMAGES. John Layard, Fieldwork and Photography on Malakula Since 1914. BNo.978-186333-3-191. First Edition, 2009. Pp: (xii), 308; 260mm x 220mm; 1.86kg. 254 b/w(duo-tone) & fig, maps. Preface, acknowledgements, sources and convention, introduction, epilogue, appendix - bibliography of John Layard, references. A very good hardback copy with illustrated cover in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Publishing, Adelaide, 2009. (Layard's photographs have played a crucial role in forming ideas about culture and society, both in Vanuatu and within anthropology. His writing and images have recently been used by ni-Vanuatu as records of traditional life and to encourage cutural revitalisation. This book follows these images in intellectual history of anthropology and illuminates the social history of the discipline as a cross-cultural enterprise that connects Western scholarship to the indigenous interests within the encounter of fieldwork) (Keywords: Photography, social anthropology, cultural history, Pacific, Melanesia, Vanuatu, Malakula, Malekula, arts, ceremonial cycle, Maki).
Book Code: X027 AU$82
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Hewicker, Friedrich & Herbert Tischner (text). OCEANIC ART. From Melanesia, Polynesia and Micronesia. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1954. Pp: 32+96; 310mm x 220mm; 1.10kg. 96 b/w, 1 map(ep). Bibliography, notes, photographic sources. A good copy (lacks dw and library stamp title page). Cvr: g. (minor wear and dump on top corners). Thames and Hudson, London, 1954. (In his text Dr Tischner outlines the social, political and religious systems of the various communities of the islands in the South pacific Ocean. The text is followed by full-page illustrations of masks and head-dresses, ancestor figures and funeral and ceremonial carvings) (Keywords: Ethnology, New Guinea, Sepik, Banaro, New Ireland, Malanggan, Solomon Islands, New Zealand, Maori, Easter Island).
Book Code: H464 AU$75
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Detail of wrapper - PAPUAN WONDERLAND - A contribution to geographical and ethnological knowledge (hides02p 150/222 HIDE02)
Hides, J.G. PAPUAN WONDERLAND. A contribution to geographical and ethnological knowledge. BNo.n/a. First Edition, 1936. Pp: xx, 204; 215mm x 135mm; 0.62kg. 23 b/w(pl), 1 map(ep). Preface, foreword, notes. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear on cvr; chipped dw). Blackie & Son Limited, London, 1936. (This book is an account of Jack Hides' memorable expedition in 1935 on Government service through unexplored Papua, the block of country between the Strickland and Kikori rivers) (Keywords: Exploration, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Purari, Kikori).
Book Code: T377 AU$125
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Detail of wrapper - EXPERIMENTS IN CIVILIZATION - The Effects of European Culture on a Native Community of the Solomon Islands (hogbin4dp 150/228 HOGB4)
Hogbin, Ian H. EXPERIMENTS IN CIVILIZATION. The Effects of European Culture on a Native Community of the Solomon Islands. BNo.7100-6548-5. Reprinted Edition, 1969. Pp: xviii, 268; 210mm x 135mm; 0.62kg. 26 b/w, 2 maps. Author's note, note, acknowledgments, introduction, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. (minor wear on dw). Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1969. (The aim of the book is to present an investigation of the native community occupying the northern end of Malaita, one of the Solomon Islands, which have been subjected to European influences for a considerable period) (Keywords: Anthropology, social culture, Pacific, Solomon Islands, Malaita).
Book Code: C466 SOLD - out of stock on this edition AU$38
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Hogbin, Ian H. EXPERIMENTS IN CIVILIZATION. The Effects of European Culture on a Native Community of the Solomon Islands. BNo.n/a. First Edition, 1939. Pp: xviii, 268; 215mm x 140mm; 0.57kg. 25 b/w, 2 maps. Author's note, note, acknowledgments, note on pronunciation, index. A very good hardback copy. Cvr: vg (minor wear on cvr). George Routledge & Sons Ltd, London, 1939. (The aim of the book is to present an investigation of the native community occupying the northern end of Malaita, one of the Solomon Islands, which have been subjected to European influences for a considerable period) (Keywords: Anthropology, social culture, Pacific, Solomon Islands, Malaita).
Book Code: S377 AU$60
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Holmes, J.H. WAY BACK IN PAPUA. Namau and Ipi tribes of the Papuan Gulf. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1926. Pp: 320; 215mm x 140mm; 0.65kg. 4 b/w. contents. A good hardback copy. Cvr: g. (wear on cvr; weakened front hinge; some foxing). George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1926. (This book is about Eni, a Papuan of the Gulf, and a Kiki man. Eni is a story-teller who, even in the 1920s, felt acutely the growing indifference among his people to the old customs and their evident loss of reverence for their ancestors. The author describes Eni's way of life, his surrounds, and the kinship relationships and these were being affected by the influence of the Christian Church, missionaries and Western societies) (Keywords: Social anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Papuan Gulf, tradition culture).
Book Code: C266 AU$75
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Detail of front wrap ART AND ARTIFACTS OF MELANESIA
Hurst, Norman. ART AND ARTIFACTS OF MELANESIA. Catalogue for an exhibition held at the Hurst Gallery in 1992. BNo. 0-9628074-3-5. First Edition, 1992 (pb). Pp: 80; 280mm x 205mm; 0.28kg. 67 b/w, 1 map. Introduction, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1992. (The catalogue contains a description, comment, provenance and reference on 90 Melanesian objects. These items include major ritual sculpture, household objects, and personal ornaments of both aesthetic and cultural interest) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Admiralty Islands, New Ireland, Santa Isabel, Ambrym, Malekula, Sepik, Murik Lakes, Abelam, New Guinea).
Book Code: N276 AU$75
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