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Detail of wrap - THE ART OF THE SEPIK RIVER (wardwell1p 170/204)
Wardwell, Allen. THE ART OF THE SEPIK RIVER. The Art Institute of Chicago. BNo. 73-176329. First Edition, 1971 (pb). Pp: 100; 250 x 205mm; 0.30kg. 4 col, 150 b/w, 4 maps. Foreword, introduction, bibliography, photograph credits. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, 1971. (A selection of objects collected by the author over a two year period which inclde canoe prows, masks, shields, neckrests, and items used in the daily lives of these people) (Keywords: Ethnology, New Guinea, Sepik, Arambak, Iatmul, Mushu, Murik, Watam, Kambot, Biwat, Karawari).
Book Code: M779 SOLD - now out of stock AU$125
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Weber, Elizabeth Anne. THE DUK-DUKS. Primitive and Historic Types of Citizenship. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1929. Pp: xix, 142; 240mm x 160mm; 0.60kg. no illus. Editor's preface, bibliography, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g(-); dw: g. (some spot marking on front board). The University of Chicago Press, Illinois, 1929. (By surveying the initiation ceremonies of the Duk-Duk society in Melanesia and other primitive and historic methods of induction into citizenship, the author has made possible comparison of the various types of initiation ceremony) (Keywords: Anthropology, social life, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Sulkas, Aboriginal).
Book Code: H010 AU$100
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Detail of wrap of THE TROBRIANDERS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA
Weiner, Annette B. THE TROBRIANDERS OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. A Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology. BNo. 0-03-011919-7. First Edition, 1988 (pb). Pp: xxii, 184; 230mm x 160mm; 0.28kg. 38 b/w, 4 maps. Foreword, acknowledgments, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc, Orlando, Florida, 1988. (The author provides an in-depth view of Trobriand behaviour and cultural knowledge and pays attention to the changes in the sixty years since Malinowski's fieldwork) (Keywords: Anthropology, ethnology, social life, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Trobriand Islands).
Book Code: K171 AU$28
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Whiting, John W.M. BECOMING A KWOMA. Teaching and Learning in a New Guinea Tribe. BNo. 0-404-14178-1. Reprint Edition, 1978 (1941). Pp: xix, 226; 215mm x 140mm; 0.62kg. 8 b/w, 2 tab, 1 map. Foreword, preface, index. A very good hardback copy (no dw issued). Cvr: vg. AMS Press, New York, 1978. (The author sets out two purposes for the book: fisrt, to present the data gathered on the Kwoma culture and, second, to present the theory of the process of socialisation) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Sepik, Kwoma, yenama, nokwi).
Book Code: D141 AU$70
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Williams, F. E. NATIVES OF LAKE KUTUBU, PAPUA. The Oceania Monographs, No. 6. December, 1940. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1940 (pb). Pp: 154; 245mm x 185mm; 0.30kg. 14 fig, 3 diag, 1 map. Introduction. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (chipped head & tail of sto; faded sto). The Australian National Research Council, Sydney, 1940. (This report is the result of a short stay by the author in the Lake Kutubu district in 1938-39. He deals with the material culture and social organization of the tribes in the region, Magic, the secret life and Kutubu stories are also covered) (Keywords: Ethnology, anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua, Lake Kutubu, Mubi, Kuruka, material culture).
Book Code: P359 AU$210
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Detail of wrap of FIJI AND THE FIJIANS - The Islands and Their Inhabitants
Williams, Thomas. THE ISLANDS AND THEIR INHABITANTS. Fiji and the Fijians Volume I. (Editor: George Stringer Rowe). BNo. n/a. Reprint Edition, 1984 (1858) (pb). Pp: (xii), xiv, 266; 205mm x 145mm; 0.42kg. 1 col, 31 b/w, 1 map. Introduction to reprinted edition, preface. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Fiji Museum, Suva, 1982. (Written in the forties and fifties of the nineteenth century, and published in 1858, Rev. Thomas Williams' classic still provides the best single insight into Fijian life as it was before the widespread impact of Christianity) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, Fiji).
Book Code: P050 AU$22
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Worsley, Peter. THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND. A study of 'Cargo' Cults in Melanesia. BNo. n/a. Reprinted Paperback Edition 1970. Pp: 400; 200mm x 115mm; 0.32kg. 3 maps. Prefaces, bibliographies, index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. Paladin, Granada Publishing Ltd, London, 1970. (This book deals with all the major cargo cult movements which occurred in the Pacific region) (Keywords: Social anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, Tuka Movement, Fiji, Vailala Madness, Mambu Movement, New Hebrides, Vanuatu, Cargo Cults).
Book Code: D601 AU$18
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Detail of wrap of THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF MALINOWSKI
Young, Michael W. THE ETHNOGRAPHY OF MALINOWSKI. The Trobriand Islands 1915-18. BNo. 0-7100-0100-2. First Edition, 1979 (pb). Pp: x, 254; 215mm x 140mm; 0.32kg. 9 b/w (pl), 4 fig, 1 map. Acknowledgments, introduction, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Routledge & Kegan Paul, London, 1979. (The editor has drawn from major monographs of Malinowski to compile a selection of his writings on the Trobriand Islanders) (Keywords: Ethnology, anthropology, economics, kinship, marriage, Kula, magic, myths).
Book Code: D412 AU$22
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