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Detail of wrap - Kerkar Lu - Contemporary artefacts of the Torres Strait Islanders (wilson2p 192/150)

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Wilson, Lindsay. KERKAR LU. Contemporary artefacts of the Torres Strait Islanders.

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Beckett, Jeremy. TORRES STRAIT ISLANDERS. Custom and Colonialism. BNo. 0-521-33361.X. First Edition, 1987. Pp: xiv, 251; 215mm x 135mm; 0.47kg. 10 b/w, 2 maps. Perface, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, 1987. (The author discusses the problem of 'island custom' and examines the move to the mainland of many islanders. He also looks at colonialism in its various manifestations) (Keywords: Social history, anthropology, Pacific, Australia, Torres Strait Islanders, Melanesian, Murray Islanders, Baduan).
Book Code: R651 AU$45
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Haddon, A.C. (Vol II)(1901). Reports of the CAMBRIDGE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPEDITION. Vol.II. Physiology and Psychology. Part I. (W.H.R. Rivers). BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1901 (pb). Pp: viii, 140; 275mm x 210mm; 0.50kg. 1 b/w, 9 fig, 3 maps, 19 tab. Preface, Introduction. A good paperback copy in green card covers and tape binding. Wrp: g. The University Press, Cambridge, 1901. (The work described in this volume is the result of an attempt to study the mental characteristics of the people of the Torres Strait and the Fly River District of British New Guinea by methods of experimental psychology. This first part deals with vision and it also contains an appendix by C.G. Seligmann on the same subject) (Keywords: Psychology, Australia, Torres Strait Islanders, Murray Island, Kiwai, Mabuiag).
Book Code: M739 AU$95
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Haddon, A.C. (Vol IIb)(1903). Reports of the CAMBRIDGE ANTHROPOLOGICAL EXPEDITION. Vol.II. Physiology and Psychology. Part II. (Charles S. Myers and W. McDougall). BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1903 (pb). Pp: (vi), 141-223; 275mm x 210mm; 0.35kg. 1 fig, 21 tab. Contents. A good paperback copy in green card covers and tape binding. Wrp: g. The University Press, Cambridge, 1903. (Volume II, Part II continues on from Part I in dealing with the physiology aspects of the Torres Strait Islanders. Investigations and measurements were caried out in relation to hearing, smell, taste, cutaneous sensations, muscular sense, variations of blood-pressure, and reaction-times) (Keywords: Physiology, Australia, Torres Strait Islanders, Murray Island, Mabuiag).
Book Code: M740 AU$95
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Detail of front of wrap of ILAN PASIN - this is our way. Torres Strait Art (mosby1p 150/226 MOSB1)
Mosby, Tom, & Brian Robinson. ILAN PASIN. (This is Our Way). BNo. 0-9586858-4-3. First Edition, 1998 (pb). Pp: 152; 305mm x 245mm; 0.98kg. 100 col, 2 b/w, 1 map. Prefaces, introduction, list of works, acknowledgments, author and writer biographies. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Cairns Regional Gallery, Cairns, 1998. (This book acccompanied the first Australian retrospective exhibition on Torres Strait art. This book provides, for the first time a Torres Strait Islander perspective on the history, customs, legends and artistic expressions of a people who existed as a minority within the minority of indigenous Australians) (Keywords: Cultural history, Pacific, Australia, Melanesia, artefacts, contemporary art, language, religion).
Book Code: L104 SOLD - now out of stock AU$44
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Detail of front of wrap - PAST TIME: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905 (philp1p 200/150 PHIL15)
Philp, Jude. PAST TIME: Torres Strait Islander Material from the Haddon Collection, 1888-1905. A National Museum of Australia Exhibition from the University of Cambridge. BNo. 1-876944-03-X. First Edition, 2001 (pb). Pp: x, 53; 200mm x 270mm; 0.33kg. 28 col, 22 b/w, 6 maps. Foreword, introduction, selected reading and bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. National Museum of Australia, Canberra, 2001. (This book was produced to accompany the exhibition of part of the Torres Strait Islander material from the Haddon Collection. This catalogue is divided into the five broad regions of the Torres Strait and illustrates forty-five of the objects along with archival photographs from the original University of Cambridge expedition to the Torres Strait in 1888) (Keywords: Ethnology, Australia, Torres Strait Islanders, masks, clubs, ceremony, ritual).
Book Code: U348 AU$19
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Detail of front of wrap - THE TORRES STRAIT - People and History (singe01dp 140/213 SING01)
Singe, John. THE TORRES STRAIT. People and History. BNo. 0-7022-2232-1. Reprint Edition, 1994 (1989). Pp: xvii, 261; 195mm x 130mm; 0.22kg. Acknowledgments, preface, introduction, sources, glossary, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. (slight browning of paper). University of Queensland Press, St Lucia, Queensland, 1994. (The author traces the history of the Torres Strait and follows the evolution of Island societies as they have been shaped and reshaped by dramatic events) (Keywords: Social history, Pacific, Australia, Melanesia, Indigenous people, Muralug, Saibai, Nahgi, Mer, Thursday Island, Papuans).
Book Code: S042 AU$12
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Detail of wrapper - KERKAR LU - Contemporary Artefacts of the Torres Strait Islanders (wilson2p 240/175 WILS02)
Wilson, Lindsay. KERKAR LU. Contemporary Artefacts of the Torres Strait Islanders. BNo. 0-7242-4991-5. First Edition, 1993. Pp: xix, 187; 240mm x 290mm; 1.32kg. 48 col, 20 b/w, 180 fig, 2 maps. Foreword, preface, acknowledgments, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Department of Education, Queensland, 1993. (A profusely illustrated book, it contains the author's detailed drawings and descriptions of Torres Strait Islander contemporary artefacts. In addition photographs show significant aspects of the Islander cultures. Four short biographies of craftpeople are presented and an overview of life and art is also presented) (Keywords: Ethnology, Badu, Bolgu, Darnley, Hammond, Horn, Murray, Saibai, Thursday, Yorke).
Book Code: W262 AU$120
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Detail of wrap - Thathilgaw Emeret Lu - A Handbook of Traditional Torres Strait Islands Material Culture (wilson1p 200/153 WILS01)
Wilson, Lindsay. THATHILGAW EMERET LU A Handbook of Traditional Torres Strait Islands Material Culture. BNo. 0-7242-2922-1. First Edition, 1988 (pb). Pp: xvi, 140; 210mm x 295mm; 0.70kg. 232 fig, 1 map. Foreword, preface, acknowledgments, glossary, bibliography, further reading. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Department of Education, Queensland, 1988. (The title comes from in part from Eastern and Western Island languages meaning 'very old things belonging to our forefathers'. This book is about the traditional customs, stories, arts and ceremonial dances. All of these being represented by over two hundred drawings of artefacts, masks and ceremonial objects) (Keywords: Ethnology, Mabuiag, Murray, Nagir, Yam, Badu, Moa, Boigu, Saibai).
Book Code: M313 SOLD - now out of stock AU$75
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Detail of wrap - SESSERAE - The Works of Dennis Nona (wright35p 170/168 WRIG35)
Wright, Simon; Bruno David & Ian J. McNiven. SESSERAE. The Works of Dennis Nona. BNo.1-92095-240-3. First Edition, 2005 (b). Pp: 88; 210mm x 210mm; 0.32kg. num col, 1 map. Introduction, biographical detail, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Griffith Artworks & Griffith University, QLD 4111. (This publication was produced for the exhibition Sesserae: The Works of Dennis Nona which was presented at DELL Gallery, Queensland College of Arts between June and July 2005. The exhibition documents over 60 works and tells the story for a new group of works recently completed, for the first time. Bruno David and Ian J. McNiven provide an essay entitled ' The Sea, the Spirits and the Ancestors) (Keywords: Contemporary indigenous art, Australia, Torres Strait, stories, totems, traditional dancers, dugong hunting, Moa Island, Badu Island, Mabaig, Buka Island, linocuts, etchings, silkscreens, acrylic on paper).
Book Code: U254 SOLD - now out of stock AU$29
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