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Craig, B., B. Kernot & C. Anderson (ed). ART AND PERFORMANCE IN OCEANIA. The Fifth International Symposium of the Pacific Arts Association. BNo. 1-86333-185-9. First Edition, 1999. Pp: viii, 318; 230mm x 200mm; 1.15kg. 8 col, num b/w, fig & maps. Preface, introduction, contributors, references. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Publishing Pty Ltd, Bathurst, 1999. (The symposium titled 'Art, Performance and Society', called for papers in sessions dealing with 'Production and Performance', 'Social and Cultural Context', 'The Record and the Remainder', and 'The Mission of Museums'. In all, some sixty papers were presented over a five-day period, twenty-four of which have been included in this book) (Keywords: Ethnology, Micronesia, Yap, Tahiti, Maori, Aboriginal art, Gamei, Papua New Guinea, Malagan, Tabar, Massim, Melanesia).

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Z005

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Ohnemus, Sylvia. AN ETHNOLOGY OF THE ADMIRALTY ISLANDERS. The Alfred Buhler Collection, Museum fur Volkerkunde, Basel. BNo. 1-86333-132-8. First Edition, 1998 Pp: xi, 430; 245mm x 210mm; 1.35kg. 53 col, 392 b/w, 82 fig, 4 maps. Preface, foreword, introduction, list, bibliography, index of place names. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst, NSW 2795, 1998. (The book presents Alfred Buhler's collection of artefacts from the Admiralty Islands along with an interpretation of the use and function of the objects) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, Drauo, Bogai, kapui, tapa, crafts).

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Z006

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Herle, Anita; Nick Stanley, Karen Stevenson & Robert L. Welsch (editors). PACIFIC ART. Persistence, Change and Meaning. BNo. 1-86333-214-6. First Edition, 2002. Pp: x, 455; 230mm x 195mm; 1.57kg. 45 col, 265 b/w, 30 fig, 4 maps. Preface, testimonial, contributors, references. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Publishing, Hindmarsh, 2002. (This collection of twenty-nine essays documents the state of research about Pacific art at the start of the 21st century. The essays are presented in five parts entitled: Interrogating the past through the photographic image; Defining and contesting identities through art; Exploring museums, collectors and meanings; Studying agency and objects; and Negotiating change in contemporary Pacific art) (Keywords: Ethnology, anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, Polynesia, Australia, Maori, Aboriginal).

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Z007

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May, Patricia & Margaret Tuckson. TRADITIONAL POTTERY OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA. Clay preparation, pottery formation and firing techniques. BNo. 1-86333-172-7. Revised Edition, 2000 (1982). Pp: xii, 380; 240mm x 210mm; 1.56kg. 521 b/w, 16 fig, 12 maps. Foreword, preface, acknowledgments, introduction, glossary, appendices, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Publishing, Hindmarsh, SA, 2000. (This book is the most comprehensive and authoritative survey of the traditional pottery of Papua New Guinea ever produced.The authors proffer a first-hand account of clay preparation, pottery formation and firing techniques, interwoven with information on the functions of the pottery and the various approaches to decoration) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, pottery, clay, techniques, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Central, Milne Bay, Morobe, Madang, Sepik, Manus, Solomon).

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Z008

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Sillitoe, Paul. MADE IN NIUGINI. Technology in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. BNo. 0-7141-1584-3. First Edition, 1988. Pp: xvi, 636; 280mm x 220mm; 2.67kg. 396 b/w, 235 fig, 327 tab, 2 maps. Preface, appendices I & II, references, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. British Museum Publications Limited, London, 1988. (This book is a thorough and comprehensive study of the material culture of the Wola people of the Highlands of Papua New Guinea. The book includes a detailed inventory of the 169 artifacts that comprise the material assemblage of the region; their form and how they are used; and how they are manufactured and from what materials) (Keywords: Ethnology, material culture, Pacific, Melanesia, Papua New Guinea, Highlands, Wola).

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Z004

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Leahy, Michael J. & D. E. Jones (editor). EXPLORATIONS INTO HIGHLAND NEW GUINEA 1930-1935. Foreword by Jane C. Goodale. BNo. 1-86333-111-5. First Edition, 1994. Pp: xvi, 254; 225mm x 150mm; 0.65kg. Num b/w. Foreword, preface, introduction, conclusions, afterword, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Press Pty Ltd, Bathurst, NSW, 1994. (This book is a diary of five years of Michael Leahy who, with his associates, explored the unknown interior of New Guinea, seeking gold and making contact for the first time with the aborigines of the interior mountains and valleys) (Keywords: Exploration, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Wahgi, Chimbu River, Mt Hagen, Gai, Wabag, Jimi).

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Z010

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O'Hanlon, Michael. PARADISE. Portraying the New Guinea Highlands. BNo. 1-86333-078-X. First Edition, 1993 (pb). Pp: 96; 245mm x 190mm; 0.38kg. 16 col, 57 b/w, 2 maps. Acknowledgments, introduction, notes, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Crawford House Press Pty Ltd, Bathurst, NSW 2795, 1993. (This book is both a history of Wahgi contact with Europeans and a record of the author's experiences in making a collection of Wahgi artefacts) (Keywords: Cultural history, ethnology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Kekanem, Senglap).

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Z011

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Detail of wrapper - Reading the Skin - Adornment, Display and Society among the Wahgi

O'Hanlon, Michael. READING THE SKIN. Adornment, Display and Society among the Wahgi. BNo. 1-86333-003-8. First Edition (AU), 1989. Pp: 164; 245mm x 190mm; 0.85kg. 16 col(pl), 10 b/w, 16 fig, 1 tab, 2 maps. Preface, afterword, orthography and kinship terms, glossary, notes, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Press Pty Ltd, Bathurst, NSW 2795, 1989. (In this book the author answers the questions that anthropologists ask about the elaborate traditions of one Highland people, the Wahgi. These traditions involve self adornment with plumes, furs, paint and shells and dancing before critical spectators, rivals and enemies) (Keywords: Anthropology, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Highlands, Wahgi).

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Z012

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Detail of front wrapper of ARTS OF VANUATU (bonmaison1p 150/206 BONN1)

Bonnemaison, Joel; Kirk Huffman, Christian Kaufmann, Darrell Tryon (editors). ARTS OF VANUATU. A major contemporary anthropology work. BNo. 1-86333-142-5. First Edition (English), 1996. Pp: vi, 338; 240mm x 210mm; 1.24kg. 383 col, b/w, fig & maps. Preface, bibliography, contributors, photographic credits, registrations. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Publishing, Bathurst NSW, 1996. (Topics covered include; construction of canoes, standing slit-drums, masks and mats, the aesthetics of dress, and language and people) (Keywords: Ethnology, anthropology, Pacific, Vanuatu, New Hebrides).

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Z002

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Detail of dust wrapper of AN ANTHROPOLOGIST IN PAPUA

Young, Michael W. & Julia Clark. AN ANTHROPOLOGIST IN PAPUA. The Photography of F.E. Williams, 1922-1939. BNo. 1-86333-200-6. First Edition, 2001. Pp: x, 307; 260mm x 210mm; 1.45kg. 235 b/w, 9 maps. Foreword, acknowledgments, introduction, endnotes, photo sources, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Crawford House Publishing, Hindmarsh, South Australia, 2001. (This book is a pictorial celebration of the work of a brilliant ethnographer. F.E. Williams was one of the most talented and productive anthropologists of his generation. He spent twenty years as Government Anthropologist in the Australian Territory of Papua. A substantial introductory essay provides the biographical, historical and anthropological contexts of William's ethnographic and photographic achievements) (Keywords: Anthropology, cultural history, Pacific, Melanesia, New Guinea, Papua).

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P026

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