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Detail of cover - The Art of Tonga (cartmail1p 150/199 CART01)
Cartmail, Keith St. THE ART OF TONGA. Ko e Ngaahi' o Tonga. BNo. 90-5703-062-4. First Edition, 1997 (pb). Pp: 152; 285mm x 210mm; 0.73kg. 97 col, b/w & fig, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, foreword, introduction, appendices I and II, notes, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Craftsman House, North Ryde, NSW, 1997. (The author draws together all the strands of this island kingdom's material culture, into a single volume. The history is outlined and all aspects of Tongan art, ancient and modern, are dealt with and documented) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Pacific, Polynesia, kali, tapa, helu, tautau).
Book Code: R630 AU$35
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Detail of wrapper - AKONO'ANGA MAORI - COOK ISLANDS CULTURE (crocombe15p 155/239 CROC15)
Crocombe, Ron & Marjorie Tua'inekore Crocombe (editors). AKONO'ANGA MAORI - COOK ISLANDS CULTURE. Institute of Pacific Studies. BNo.982-02-0348-1. First Edition, 2003. Pp: 370; 285mm x 180mm; 1.20kg. 29 col(pl), num b/w & fig, 5 maps. Acknowledgments, preface, introduction, appendix, glossary. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Institute of Pacific Studies, Cook Islands, 2003. (This book presents insider perspectives of many aspects of this vibrant, living culture, written by twenty-seven contributors who are deeply involved in what they write about. Topics discussed include: creative expression, basic cultural patterns, new influences and vignettes of culture in particular islands) (Keywords: Living culture, visual arts, Pacific, Polynesia, Cook Islands, language, beliefs, practices).
Book Code: S210 AU$60
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Davidson, J.W. & Deryck Scarr (editors). PACIFIC ISLAND PORTRAITS. Studies of individuals. BNo. 0-7081-0174-7. Reprint Edition, 1976 (1970) (pb). Pp: xiv, 346; 210mm x 130mm; 0.44kg. 10 b/w(pl), 8 maps. Preface, note, references, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Australian National University Press, Canberra, 1976. (A set of twelve essays seeks to show what life in the Pacific islands meant to a number of people who lived it between the early years of the nineteenth century and the outbreak of the First World War) (Keywords: Social history, Pacific, early settlement, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia).
Book Code: C027 AU$15
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Firth, Raymond. TIKOPIA RITUAL AND BELIEF. Culture, ceremonies, magic and totemism in Polynesia. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1967. Pp: 374; 230mm x 150mm; 0.72kg. 14 b/w(pl). Introduction, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. George Allen and Unwin Ltd, London, 1967. (This book of essays describes rites and beliefs of a people who still maintained their traditional institutions remote from civilisation) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Polynesia, Tikopia, totemism, magic, beliefs).
Book Code: C404 AU$95
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Detail of wrapper of JAMES COOK - Gifts and Treasures from the South Seas
Hauser-Schaublin, Brigitta & G. Kruger (editors). JAMES COOK. Gifts and Treasures of the South Seas, The Cook/Forster Collection, Gottingen. BNo. 3-7913-1868-3. First Edition, 1998. Pp: 351; 330mm x 240mm; 2.08kg. 50 col, 420 b/w & fig, 1 map(ep). Foreword, bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Prestel-Verlag, Munchen, 1998. (The objects are divided into three main regional groups. It provides an essential reference for anthropologists, collectors and historians of the Southern Hemisphere) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Polynesia, Melanesia, Americas, Marquesas, Tonga, Hawaii, Society Islands).
Book Code: S103 AU$88
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Heyerdahl, Thor. AMERICAN INDIANS IN THE PACIFIC. The Theory behind the Kon-Tiki Expedition. BNo. n/a. First English Edition, 1952. Pp: xvi, 822; 245mm x 180mm; 2.15kg. 8 col, 52 b/w(pl), num diag & fig, 11 maps. Introduction, literature cited, index. A good copy in original brown-cloth boards. Cvr: g. (minor wear at corners; lacks dw). George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London, 1952. (This book deals with the complex origins of the Polynesian people, the easternmost islands of the Pacific and examines the bordering slopes of the New World for vestiges indicating the route of man into the open Pacific) (Keywords: Cultural history, ethnic migration, Pacific, Polynesia, American Indian).
Book Code: E319 AU$250
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Hurst, Norman & Anne D'Alleva. ART OF POLYNESIA. An Exhibition of art and artifacts at the Hurst Gallery in 1987. BNo. n/a. Photocopy of First Edition 1987. Pp: 52(single-sided); 280mm x 215mm; 0.21kg. 90 b/w. Introduction, bibliography. A very good photocopy in pin-strip binder and clear backing sheets. Wrp: vg. Hurst Gallery, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2001. (This exhibition catalogue illustrates many objects of early collection date and with interesting provenience. There are illustrations of pieces from the Captain Cook voyages, W.D. Webster, Stephen-Chauvet, Beasley, and Hooper) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Polynesia, Maori, Hawaii, Tahiti, Fiji).
Book Code: N456 AU$38
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Detail of wrap of COOK VOYAGE ARTEFACTS in Leningrad, Berne, and Florence Museums
Kaeppler, Adrienne L. (editor). COOK VOYAGE ARTIFACTS - in Leningrad, Berne, and Florence Museums. BNo. 0-910240-23-X. First Edition, 1978 (pb). Pp: x, 186; 280mm x 210mm; 0.65kg. 1 col, 280 b/w & fig. Preface, acknowledgments, appendix, literature cited, index. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1978. (A section is given to the collections from each of the museums. The Leningrad collection is small and is of a ceremonial nature. This collection is also particularly important for the study of Hawaiian material culture. The Berne collection is larger and includes a predominance of objects of everyday life. The Florence collection is the largest of the three but the associated documentation about provenance is not as clear as the former collections. In the main the artifacts of these collections come from Cook's third voyage and were collected from the Hawaiian Islands, Tonga Islands, Island of Tahati, New Zealand Maori, North American Tlingit, and Nootka Sound) (Keywords: Ethnology, artefacts, tribal art, Hawaii, Tonga, Society Islands, Nootka Sound, Northwest Coast, New Zealand, Maori, Tuamotu, Caledonia).
Book Code: N439 AU$145
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Kaeppler, Adrienne. TREASURES OF THE PACIFIC. Brochure for the exhibition "Artificial Curiosities" of the 18th Century. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1978 (pb). Pp: 22; 300mm x 230mm; 0.10kg. 53 col, 1 map. Introduction, artifacts exhibited. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Bishop Museum Press, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1978. (This brochure was produced to accompany the exhibition "Artificial Curiosities" held at the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu in 1978. More than 53 of the artefacts are illustrated in this publication) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Polynesia, Hawaiian Islands, Society, Marquesas, Austral, New Zealand, Maori, Tonga).
Book Code: J270 AU$25
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