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Detail of dust wrapper of ''Masterpieces of Primitive Art (newton1p 150/211 NEWT1)
Newton, Douglas & Lee Boltin. MASTERPIECES OF PRIMITIVE ART. The Nelson Rockefeller Collection. BNo. 0-394-50057-1. First Edition, 1978. Pp: 264; 290mm x 215mm; 1.56kg. 254 col, 16 b/w. Acknowledgments, foreword, introduction, bibliography, credits. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Alfred A. Knopf Inc, New York, 1978. (Photographs of artefacts from Black Africa, the islands of Oceania, Precolumbian America, and many Indian cultures of the northern continent have been organised into four major categories: faces, human figures, animals, and "abstractions") (Keywords: Ethnology, Abelam, Yau, Elema, New Guinea, Bini, Nigeria, Lega, Zaire, Mabuiag, Torres Strait).
Book Code: E359 AU$80
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Quiggin, A. Hingston. A SURVEY OF PRIMITIVE MONEY. The Beginnings of Currency. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1949. Pp: xxii, 344; 215mm x 135mm; 0.65kg. 59 b/w(pl), 12 col ill(pl), 143 fig, 4 maps(fd). Introduction, author's preface, acknowledgments, summary, bibliography, index. A good copy in blue-cloth boards. Cvr: g. (lacks dw). Methuen & Co Ltd, London, 1949. (The author provides definitions for the classification of barter, currency, and money and gives examples of the pre-currency stages using quotes from studies of other researchers) (Keywords: Ethnology, Africa, Oceania, Asia, Europe, America).
Book Code: K136 AU$150
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Detail of dust wrapper of ''Masterpieces of Primitive Art (rubin1p 170/219 RUBI1)
Rubin, Arnold (editor). MARKS OF CIVILIZATION. Artistic Transformations of the Human Body. BNo. 0-930741-12-9. First Edition, 1988 (pb). Pp: 280; 280mm x 210mm; 1.13kg. 28 col, 205 b/w & fig, 3 maps. Preface, acknowledgments, general introduction, bibliography, author profiles. A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (minor wear). Museum of Cultural History, University of California, Los Angeles, 1988. (This book is based on a symposium entitled "Art of the Body", held at UCLA in 1983) (Keywords: Cultural history, Africa, Asia, Oceania, Native America, Euro-America, contemporary, scarification, tattooing, body art).
Book Code: J053 AU$55
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Singer, Andre & Leslie Woodhead. DISAPPEARING WORLD. Television and Antnthropology. BNo. 1-85283-211-8. First Edition, 1988. Pp: 256; 290mm x 225mm; 1.62kg. Num col, 1 map(ep). Acknowledgments, preface, foreword, introduction, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Boxtree Ltd, London, 1988. (This book is linked to the Disappearing World series run by Granada Television and draws upon an archive of interviews and photographs taken specially by the film-makers) (Keywords: Tribes, Africa, Asia, Khalkha, Kirghiz, Pathans, Sherpa, Meo, Kataragama, Sakuddei, Kawelka, Lau, Shilluk, Masai, Azande, Tuareg, Umbanda, Quechau).
Book Code: C328 AU$45
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Trowell, Margaret & Hans Nevermann. AFRICAN AND OCEANIC ART. Panorama of World Art. BNo. 68-16798. First Edition, 1968. Pp: 263; 225mm x 190mm; 1.16kg. 154 col, 133 b/w, 2 maps. Bibliography, index. A good hardback copy in brown-cloth boards (lacks dw). Cvr: g.(minor flecking of cover). Harry N. Abrams Inc Publishers, New York, 1968. (The African dance masks, fetish figures, reliquaries and purely decorative objects are all illustrated and are related to the geographical, religious and social conditions that inspired them. In the Oceanic area the complex interrelationships of the great diversity of styles are traced) (Keywords: Ethnology, Africa, West and Central, Pacific, Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia).
Book Code: H089 AU$80
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Detail of wrap - PRIMITIVE PEOPLES TODAY - A uniquely revealing account of life outside civilization (weyer1p 170/224 WEYE1)
Weyer, Edward. PRIMITIVE PEOPLES TODAY. A uniquely revealing account of life outside civilization. BNo. 58-10728. First Edition, 1958. Pp: 288; 280mm x 220mm; 1.37kg. 58 col, 154 b/w, num fig & maps. Introduction, index. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: g. (wear on dw & cvr; minor stain lower margin bep). Crescent Books, Crown Publishers Inc, New York, 1958. (A view of life of fourteen tribes, including the Eskimos, the Navajo Indians, the Lacandones and the San Blas of Central America) (Keywords: Social anthropology, Americas, Africa, Southeast Asia, life cycle).
Book Code: D475 AU$30
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Detail of wrap of 'Masks' - The American Museum of Natural History (wissler1p 150/212)
Wissler, Clark. MASKS. The American Museum of Natural History. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1946 (pb). Pp: (iv), 32; 255mm x 180mm; 0.10kg. 1 col, 65 b/w & fig. Contents. A good paperback copy with staple binding. Wrp: g. (minor wear on corners). The American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1946. (This catalogue presents a selection of artefacts from the Herbert Baker Collection. The main emphasis is on pieces from Africa with some from Oceania) (Keywords: Ethnology, Tibet, Japan, Java, Bella Coola, Kachina, Navaho, New Guinea, Africa).
Book Code: N570 AU$25
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