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Detail of wrapper of 'Made in the South Pacific' (price1p 150/198 PRIC1)
Price, Christine. MADE IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC. Arts of the Sea People. BNo. 0-370-30231-1. First Edition (UK), 1980 (1979). Pp: x, 134; 240mm x 180mm; 0.65kg. 127 b/w & fig, 1 map. Author's note, list, further reading, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear on dw). The Bodley Head Ltd, London, 1980. (This book describes and illustrates the rich art heritage of the seafaring people of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia).
Book Code: C016 AU$24
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Detail of wrapper - HIGHLANDERS AND FOREIGNERS IN THE UPPER RAMU - The Kainantu Area 1919-1942. (radford1p 145/223 RADF01)
Radford, Robin. HIGHLANDERS AND FOREIGNERS IN THE UPPER RAMU. The Kainantu Area 1919-1942. BNo. 0-522-84299-2. First Edition, 1987. Pp: xx, 220; 220mm x 140mm; 0.48kg. 22 b/w, 6 maps. Preface, glossary, appendices A & B, notes, selected bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Melbourne University Press, Carlton, 1987. (This book is an account of the early contact between Highlander and foreigner in the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea in the period between 1920 and 1940) (Keywords: Exploration, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Highlands).
Book Code: R256 AU$35
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Detail of wrap - RETURN TO THE HIGH VALLEY - Coming Full Circle (read10p 140/213 READ10)
Read, Kenneth E. RETURN TO THE HIGH VALLEY. Coming Full Circle. BNo. 0-520-06468-2. First Edition, 1986 (pb). Pp: xxi, 272; 205mm x 135mm; 0.35kg. 15 b/w(pl). Preface, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. University of California Press, Berkeley, California, 1986. (This book is about the author's return to the Asaro Valley in Papua New Guinea in 1981 and 1982. This publication is then a postscript to 'The High Valley' which was published in 1965) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea).
Book Code: H228 AU$16
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Detail of cover - MELANESIAN DESIGN. A Study of Style in Wood and Tortoiseshell Carving (Vol. I & II) (reichard1p 170/224 REIC1)
Reichard, Gladys A. MELANESIAN DESIGN. A Study of Style in Wood and Tortoiseshell Carving (Vol. I & II). BNo. 68-9012. Reprint Edition, 1969 (1933). Pp: xi, 172; 14, 151; 280mm x 215mm; 1.66kg. 233 b/w, 110 fig, 1 map(fd). Preface, introduction, appendix, bibliography, index, references. A very good hardback copy. Cvr: vg. AMS Press Inc, New York, 1969. (This book outlines the form, proportion, decoration and design elements of bowls from the Admiralty Islands and Tami Island. The tortoiseshell ornaments from Admiralty Islands, New Ireland and Solomon Islands are described and illustrated. It also covers the general characteristics of Admiralty Island art and the general principles of Melanesian art. The text is well supported with photographs and figures) (Keywords: Material culture, tribal art, ornaments, Pacific, Melanesia, Admiralty Islands, Tami, New Ireland, Solomon).
Book Code: Q024 AU$260
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Ruhen, Olaf. MOUNTAINS IN THE CLOUDS. A vivid and colourful history of Papua New Guinea. BNo. n/a. First Edition (UK), 1964. Pp: 240; 215mm x 135mm; 0.48kg. 32 b/w(pl), 1 map. contents. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (minor wear on dw & cvr; bump on one corner). Angus and Robertson, London, 1964. (The author's travels and his studies are reflected in the vivid and colourful pages of this popularly written history of Australia's New Guinea territories) (Keywords: History, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, languages, colonial administration).
Book Code: P199 AU$24
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Detail of wrap - THE SORROW OF THE LONELY AND THE BURNING OF THE DANCERS. The Gisaro ceremony of the Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea (schieffelin5ap 140/216 SCHI5)
Schieffelin, Edward L. THE SORROW OF THE LONELY AND THE BURNING OF THE DANCERS. The Gisaro ceremony of the Kaluli people of Papua New Guinea. BNo.0-7022-1009-9. First Edition, 1977 (pb). Pp: xi, 244; 205mm x 135mm; 0.26kg. 7 b/w, 9 fig, 2 tab, 2 maps. Achknowledgments, Kaluli pronunciation, introduction, appendix, references, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor crease along lower edge of wrp). University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, 1977. (This book is a cultural ethnography. The discussion focuses on the significance of a single ceremony known as Gisaro, which is performed by the Kaluli people who live in the tropical forest of the Papuan Plateau. This ceremony is used as a lens to view some of the fundamental issues of Kaluli life and society) (Keywords: Cultural ethnography, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Kaluli).
Book Code: L842 SOLD - now out of stock AU$15
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Detail of wrapper - LIKE PEOPLE YOU SEE IN A DREAM - First Contact in Six Papuan Societies (schieffelin6p 150/223 SCHI6)
Schieffelin, Edward L. & Robert Crittenden. LIKE PEOPLE YOU SEE IN A DREAM: First Contact in Six Papuan Societies. BNo. 0-8047-1662-5. First Edition, 1991. Pp: xxii, 328; 225mm x 150mm; 0.70kg. 46 b/w(pl), 14 maps. Preface, contributors, introduction, appendices A & B, references, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Stanford University Press, Stanford, 1991. (This book is about Colonial Papua and the tradition of exploration. It is at once a detailed ethnographic and historical analysis of one of the final modern-day experiences of first-culture contact, a classic example of historical geography, and an extraordinary tale of exploration, imperial arrogance, bloodshed, suffering, courage, and near disaster) (Keywords: Exploration, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Purari, Waga Furari, Kewa, Kikori).
Book Code: P352 AU$45
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Schmalenbach, Werner. PLASTIK DER SUDSEE. Die Sammlung Parthenon. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1956. Pp: 16+48; 270mm x 190mm; 0.37kg. 48 b/w, 1 map. Einfuhrung. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (repaired tear front of dw with wear at corners). Hans E. Gunther Verlag, Stuttgart, 1956. (All text is in the German. The book contains 48 full-page plates of artefacts from New Zealand, Marquesas Islands, Hawaii, Cook Islands, New Ireland, New Guinea, Vanuatu, and Solomon Islands. There is a short description and provenance of each artefact illustrated) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, Polynesia).
Book Code: M003 AU$85
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Detail of front cover of ASMAT IMAGES from the collection of the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress (schneebaum3p 150/224 SCHN3)
Schneebaum, Tobias. ASMAT IMAGES- from the collection of the Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress (Agats). BNo. 0-918728-59-2. First Edition, 1985 (pb). Pp: 198; 240mm x 160mm; 0.51kg. 19 b/w, num fig, 1 map. Foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, catalogue, appendices. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor crease across one corner of wrp). Asmat Museum of Culture and Progress, Agats, Irian Jaya, 1985. (This catalogue contains many diagrams of artefacts including: shields, ancestor figures and poles, masks, drums, paddles, spears, body decoration and may other items) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, Irian Jaya, Asmat, ainor, bipane, Basim, Esmapano).
Book Code: P284 AU$110
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Detail of front cover - ETHNOGRAPHISCHE KOSTBARKEITEN - Aus den Sammlungen von Alfred Buhler Museum fur Volkerkunde (schuster10p 160/163 SCHU10)
Schuster, Meinhard (editor). ETHNOGRAPHISCHE KOSTBARKEITEN. Aus den Sammlungen von Alfred Buhler Museum fur Volkerkunde. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1970. Pp: 118; 210mm x 210mm; 0.53kg. 24 col, 43 b/w, 1 map. Zum geleit, literatur. A very good hardback copy with illustrated cover. Cvr: vg. Herausgegeben vom Museum fur Volkerkunde und Schweizerisches Museum fur Volkskunde, Basel, 1970. (All text in the German language by Christian Kaufmann, Marie-Louise Nabholz-Kartaschoff and Gisela and Meinhard Schuster. The book consists of description of fifty pieces from the Buhler Collection (33 artefacts from Papua New Guinea and 9 from Indonesia)) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Indonesia).
Book Code: M098 SOLD - now out of stock AU$80
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