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Materials for the Study of Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art: A Record of Tradition & Continuity
AU$10,000 Read MoreAdd to cartCarl Schuster; Edmund Carpenter; Lorraine Spiess.
New York: Rock Foundation, 1986-88.Based on the Researches & Writings of Carl Schuster. Edited & Written by Edmund Carpenter. Assisted by Lorraine Spiess. A cornerstone of comparative anthropology, mythology, and art history. This monumental work draws on the vast ethnographic record assembled by American art historian Carl Schuster (1904-1969). Schuster died suddenly of cancer, leaving the material unpublished. Carpenter spent nearly two decades editing Schuster’s archive into this twelve-volume synthesis. The result is an epic survey of visual and mythic patterns: from Paleolithic Europe to the tribal societies of Oceania, the Americas, and Africa. Issued privately in a very small edition distributed directly to museums and researchers Materials for the Study of Social Symbolism is likely the most comprehensive documentation and analysis of traditional symbolism ever published.
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Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands, Third Series: An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress &c., of the Natives of the Pacific Islands.
AU$5,500 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Edge-Partington; Charles Heape
Manchester: Lithographed by Palmer Howe & Co., 1898.Drawn and Described from examples in public & private collections in Australasia by James Edge-Partington. One of 175 numbered copies initialed by Edge-Partington and Heape. This copy with the 7 leaves of additional notes for all 3 parts.
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An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress of the Natives of the Pacific Islands
Read MoreJames Edge-Partington; Charles Heape
London: The Holland Press, 1969.Drawn and Described from examples in public & private collections in Australasia by James Edge-Partington. Facsimile Edition of the complete Three Series of the very limited edition published by Edge-Partington and Heape 1890-98.
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Ethnographical Album of the Pacific Islands
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartJames Edge-Partington; Charles Heape
Bangkok: SDI Publications, 1996.Originally published as An Album of the Weapons, Tools, Ornaments, Articles of Dress of Natives of the Pacific Islands. Second Edition expanded and edited by Bruce L. Miller with additional maps and portraits of Pacific Island natives. One of 999 unnumbered copies.
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Illustrated Catalogue of Ethnographical Specimens
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartW. O. Oldman
London: W. O. Oldman, 1976.Limited Edition Facsimile of 130 catalogues of British ethnographic dealer William Ockleford Oldman (1879-1949). One of 1,000 numbered copies. This copy with the bookplate of tribal art dealer Philip Goldman.
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Oceanic Art / Ozeanische Kunst / Art Oceanien (2 Volumes)
Read MoreAnthony J. P. Meyer
Koln: Konemann, 1995.Photographs by Olaf Wipperfurth.
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Aida: Life and Ceremony of the Gogodala
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartA. L. Crawford
Bathurst: Robert Brown and Associates in association with The National Cultural Council of Papua New Guinea, 1981. -
Ne Tomo
Read MoreBrian Cheetham
: Huli Literacy Workshop, 1980.“This booklet has been researched and written by the Huli of the Southern Highlands Province. It is a booklet about nutrition, that is, about what foods to eat and how best to eat them to grow strong and healthy. It is hoped that those reading this book will share what they have learnt with those who are not able to read.” (from introduction) Unrecorded in OCLC.
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Statement of the Phonology & Grammar of the Huli Language
Read More[William Murray Rule]; [Joan Rule]
: n.p., [1970].Unpublished, circulated among scholars and community offices by the Australian missionary linguists W. M. & Joan Rule. Single copy recorded in OCLC, at UC San Diego. This copy with the bookplate of tribal art dealer Philip Goldman, previous owner markings of the Huli Literacy Office, and some marginalia.
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Anthropologist in Papua: The Photography of F. E. Williams, 1922-39
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartF. E. Williams; Michael W. Young; Julia Clark
Adelaide: Crawford House, 2001. -
Contemporary Art in Papua New Guinea
Read MoreSusan Cochrane
Sydney: Craftsman House, 1997. -
Les Arts Indigenes en Nouvelle-Guinee
Read MoreStephen Chauvet
Bangkok: SDI Publications, 1995.Facsimile edition of the 1930 Paris publication. One of 999 numbered copies.
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Baining Life and Lore
Read MoreKarl Hesse; Theo Aerts
: Institute of Papua New Guinea Studies, 1982. -
An Ethnology of the Admiralty Islanders: The Alfred Buhler Collection, Museum de Kulturen, Basel
Read MoreSylvia Ohnemus
Bathurst: Crawford House Publishing, 1998. -
Archaeology of Easter Island Volume 1
Read MoreThor Heyerdahl; Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr.
London: George Allen and Unwin, 1961.Reports of the Norwegian Archaeological Expedition to Easter Island and the East Pacific with contributions by Thor Heyerdahl, Edwin N. Ferdon, Jr., William Mulloy, Arne Skjolsvold; Carlyle S. Smith. Monographs of the School of American Research and the Museum of New Mexico Number 21, Part, 1.
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Mammals of the South-West Pacific & Moluccan Islands
Read MoreTim Flannery
Sydney: Reed Books, 1995. -
Akono’anga Maori / Cook Islands Culture
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartRon Crocombe; Marjorie Tua’inekore Crocombe
Suva and Rarotonga: Institute of Pacific Studies, 2003. -
Ethnology of Vanuatu: An Early Twentieth Century Study
Read MoreFelix Speiser
Bathurst: Crawford House Publishing, 1996. -
The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages Volume One: The Voyage of the Endeavour, 1768-1771
Read MoreRudiger Joppien; Bernard Smith
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1985. -
The Art of Captain Cook’s Voyages Volume Two: The Voyage of the Resolution & Adventure, 1772-1775
Read MoreRudiger Joppien; Bernard Smith
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1985. -
Kerkar Lu: Contemporary Artefacts of the Torres Strait Islanders
Read MoreLindsay Wilson
Brisbane: Department of Education, Queensland, 1993. -
Thathilgaw Emeret Lu: A Handbook of Traditional Torres Strait Islands Material Culture
Read MoreLindsay Wilson
Brisbane: Department of Education, Queensland, 1988. -
Pearls and Savages
Read MoreFrank Hurley
New York and London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1924.Adventures in the Air, on Land and Sea – In New Guinea by Capt. Frank Hurley with eighty illustrations.
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Last Frontiers: The Explorations of Ivan Champion of Papua
Read MoreJames Sinclair
Gold Coast: Pacific Press, 1988.A record of geographical exploration in Australia’s Territory of Papua between 1926 and 1940. One of 1,000 numbered copies signed by James Sinclair and Ivan Champion.
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Golden Gateway: Lae & the Province of Morobe
Read MoreJames Sinclair
Bathurst: Crawford House Publishing, 1998.One 300 signed and numbered copies of the deluxe edition bound in leather.
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Narrative of the Expedition of the Australian Squadron in New Guinea
Read MoreJames E. Erskine; Augustine Dyer
Bathurst: Robert Brown & Associates, 1984.One of 1,000 numbered copies, with the laid in slip signed by the printer. This copy with the original South Pacific Brewery shipping carton.
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Head-Hunters About Themselves: An Ethnographic Report from Irian Jaya, Indonesia
Read MoreJ. G. M. C. Boelaars
The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1981. -
Songs of Travel, Stories of Place: Poetics of Absence in an Eastern Indonesian Society
Read MoreTimo Kaartinen
Helskinki: Suomalainen Tiedeakatemia, 2010.“This book explores the narratives of people who trace their origin to Banda, the famous Nutmeg Islands of Eastern Indonesia. They were displaced from their ancient homeland by the Dutch colonization of Banda in 1621 and carry on their language and traditions in the village described in this study. The Bandanese continue travelling to distant places in pursuit of recognition by their ancestral allies. They bring their past into life through rituals and verbal arts which commemorate absent travelers and anticipate their return. This book argues that ethno-history can be a source of exemplary acts which inform collective responses to new circumstances. The folk poetry of the Bandanese places real, historical events in several chronotopic frameworks in which they are relived as memory and given a total meaning as history.” (publisher’s blurb) FF Communications No. 299 published by the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
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Motifs of Life in Toba Batak Texts and Textiles
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartS. A. Niessen
Dordrecht: Foris Publications, 1985. -
Naga dan Burung Enggang: Hornbill and Dragon: Kalimantan, Sarawak, Sabah, Brunei
Read MoreBernard Sellato
Jakarta and Kuala Lumpur: Elf Aquitaine Indonesie and Elf Aquitaine Malaysia, 1989. -
An Analysis of the Decorative Motifs of Some Philippine Cultural Minorities
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartPhilippine College of Arts and Trades Design Center
Manila: Philippine College of Arts and Trades, 1973. -
Lao Textiles: Ancient Symbols – Living Art
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartPatricia Cheesman
Bangkok: White Lotus Co., 1988. -
Art Treasures of Japan in Two Volumes
Read MoreYashiro Yukio
Tokyo: Kokusai Bunka Shinkokai, 1960. -
The Japanese Courtyard Garden: Landscapes for Small Spaces
Read MoreKanto Shigemori
New York and Tokyo: John Weatherhill, 1981. -
Forms, Textures, Images: Traditional Japanese Craftsmanship in Everyday Life
Read MoreTakeji Iwamiya; Mitsukuni Yoshida; Richard L. Gage
New York and Tokyo and Kyoto: John Weatherhill and Tankosha, 1981. -
The Art of Hokusai in Book Illustration
Read MoreJack Hillier
London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications, 1980. -
Comic Genius: Kawanabe Kyosai
Read MoreShigeru Oikawa
Tokyo: The Tokyo Shinbun, 1996.Exhibition catalogue.
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Zen in the Art of Flower Arrangement
Read MoreGustie L. Herrigel
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1958.First printing in English translated from the German by R. F. C. Hull, with a foreword by D. T. Suzuki.
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China in Central Asia: The Early Stage: 125 B.C.-A.D. 23
Read MoreA. F. P. Hulsewe
Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1979.An Annotated Translation of Chapters 61 and 96 of The History of the Former Han Dynasty. With an introduction by M. A. N. Lowe.
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El arte de los antiguos y de los primitivos: Asia anterior – India – Indochina – Tibet – China – Japon – Los tchuktches
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartW. y B. Forman
Mexico: Editorial Hermes, 1963.The art of the ancients and primitives: Anterior Asia – India – Indochina – Tibet – China – Japan – The Tchutches.
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Secret Visions of the Fifth Dalai Lama: The Gold Manuscript in the Fournier Collection
Read MoreSamten Gyaltsen Karmay
London: Serindia Publications, 1988.This copy inscribed by Karmay to tribal art dealer Philip Goldman, and with an invitation to the book launch and the prospectus laid in.
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Portraits of the Masters: Bronze Sculptures of the Tibetan Buddhist Lineages
Read MoreDonald Dinwiddie
Chicago and London: Serindia Publications and Oliver Hoare, 2003. -
The Tibetan Anatomical System
Read MoreE. H. C. Walsh
Hertford: Stephen Austin and Sons for the Royal Asiatic Society, 1910.An offprint of Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain & Ireland, October, 1910, pp. 1215-1244.
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The Woven Mystery: Old Tibetan Rugs
Read MoreJohn Page; Serina Page
London: Jack Fairman (Carpets) Ltd., 1990. -
The Tiger Rugs of Tibet
Read MoreMimi Lipton
London: Hayward Gallery, 1988. -
The Yar-Lun Dynasty
AU$120 Read MoreAdd to cartErik Haarh
Kobenhavn: G. E. C. Gad’s Forlag, 1969.A study with particular regard to the contribution by myths and legends to the history of Ancient Tibet and the origin and nature of its kings.
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Tibetan Pilgrimage
AU$120 Read MoreAdd to cartRobert B. Ekvall; James F. Downs
Tokyo: Institute for the Study of Language and Cultures of Asia & Africa, 1987.With an appreciation by James F. Downs and Shigeru Iijima.
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Oracles and Demons of Tibet: The Cult and Iconography of the Tibetan Protective Dieties
Read MoreRene de Nebesky-Wojkowitz
Kathmandu: Book Faith India, 1996. -
Records of Tho.ling: A Literary and Visual Reconstruction of the Mother Monastery in Gu.ge
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartRoberto Vitali
Dharamsala: High Asia, 1999. -
The Superhuman Life of Gesar of Ling: The Legendary Tibetan Hero, as Sung by the Bards of His Country
Read MoreAlexandra David-Neel; The Lama Yongden
London: Rider and Co., 1933. -
Divinity Secularized: An Inquiry into the Nature and Form of the Songs Ascribed to the Sixth Dalai Lama
Read MorePer K. Sorensen
Wien: Arbeitskreis fur Tibetische und Buddhistische Studien, 1990. -
Early Temples of Central Tibet
Read MoreRoberto Vitali
London: Serindia Publications, 1990. -
La Prima Missione Cattolica Nel Tibet
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartGiuseppe M. Toscano
Parma: Istituto Missioni Estere, 1951.The First Catholic Mission in Tibet.
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Lamas, Princes, and Brigands: Joseph Rock’s Photographs of the Tibetan Borderlands of China
Read MoreMichael Aris
New York: China House Gallery, 1992. -
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[Bhutan and Tibet]: An Account of an Embassy to the Court of the Teshoo Lama in Tibet
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartSamuel Turner
New Delhi: Manjusri Publishing House, 1971.Containing a Narrative of a Journey through Bootan, and part of Tibet by Captain Samuel Turner. Cover title: Bhutan and Tibet. The first facsimile edition after the 1800 London Edition, one of the 900 standard copies from a total edition of 1,000 numbered copies. Bibliotheca Himalayica. Series I, Volume 4.
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Essays on the Languages, Literature and Religion of Nepal and Tibet
Read MoreB. H. Hodgson
Varanasi: Bharat-Bharati, 1971.Together with further papers on the geography, ethnology and commerce of those countries. Reprint of the 1874 London Edition.
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Spirit Possession in the Nepal Himalayas
AU$60 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn T. Hitchcock; Rex L. Jones
Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1976. -
Nepal (2 Volumes)
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartPerceval Landon
New Delhi: Asian Educational Services, 1993. -
Catalogue of the Himalayan Literature
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartYoshi Yakushi
Tokyo: Hakusuisha Publishign Co., 1984.The standard bibliography for works on the Himalayas.
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Himalayan Anthropology
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartJames F. Fisher
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1978. -
Leaves from the Jungle: Life in a Gond Village
Read MoreVerrier Elwin
London: John Murray, 1936. -
The Tribal World of Verrier Elwin: An Autobiography
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartVerrier Elwin
Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1964. -
Lokayata: A Study in Ancient Indian Materialism
Read MoreDebiprasad Chattopadhyaya
New Delhi: People’s Publishing House, 1978.Fourth edition of the main work of Indian Marxist philosopher Debiprasad Chattopadhyaya (1918-1993), being an exposition of the ancient Indian materialist philosophy of the Lokayata, or Charvaka, school.
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The Encyclopedia of Tibetan Symbols and Motifs
Read MoreRobert Beer
London: Serindia Publications, No date. -
Guhyasamaja Tantra or Tathagatahuyaka
Read MoreBenoytosh Bhattacharya
Baroda: Oriental Institute, 1967.Gaekwad’s Oriental Series No. 53. First published in 1931. This is the Second Edition of 500 copies with a new foreword by B. J. Sandesara.
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Krishna: The Divine Lover: Myth and Legend through Indian Art
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartEnrico Isacco
Boston: David R. Godine, 1982. -
Corpus of Indus Seals and Inscriptions: 2. Collections in Pakistan
AU$500 Read MoreAdd to cartSayid Ghulam Mustafa Shah; Asko Parpola
Helsinki: Soumalainen Tiedeakatemia, 1991. -
Mohenjo-daro and the Indus Civilization
Read MoreJohn Marshall
London: Arthur Probsthain, 1931.Being an official account of Archaeological Excavations at Mohenjo-daro carried out by the Government of India between the years 1922 and 1927 edited by Sir John Marshall … In three volumes, with plan and map in colours, and 164 plates in collotype. The official account of the discovery of the Indus Valley Civilisation.
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Proto-Indo European: The Archaeology of a Linguistic Problem
Read MoreSusan Nacev Skomal; Edgar C. Polome
Washington, D.C.: Institute for the Study of Man, 1987.Studies in Honor of Marija Gimbutas.
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The Indo-Aryan Languages
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartCollin P. Masica
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991. -
Scripta Minoa Volume I
Read MoreArthur J. Evans
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1909.The Written Documents of Minoan Crete with Special Reference to the Archives of Knossos. Volume I: The Hieroglyphic and Primitive Linear Classes with an account of the discovery of the pre-Phoenician scripts, their place in Minoan story and their Mediterranean relations. Volume I only, Volume II was not published until 1952.
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Shamanism in Eurasia (2 Volumes)
Read MoreMihaly Hoppal
Gottingen: Edition Herodot, 1984.Forum 5. Papers edited by Mihaly Hoppal.
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Through Eastern Lands
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartA. M. Snadden
Paisley: Alexander Gardner, 1904.Travel account from the UK to Egypt, Sudan, and Palestine, including Mount Sinai, Jerusalem, the Sea of Galilee, and more, before returning through Italy. This copy signed “With the author’s regards” to the front free endpaper, and with the bookplate of tribal art dealer Philip Goldman.
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Bulgarian Folk Costumes Volume IV: Bulgarian Folk Costumes from South Bulgaria in the 19th Century and the First Half of the 20th
Read MoreM. Veleva; E. Lepavcova
Sofia: Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1988.The final volume in a 4 work series on Bulgarian Folk Costumes focusing on Southern Bulgaria.
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Proceedings of the Csoma de Koros: Memorial Symposium
Read MoreLouis Ligeti
Budapest: Akademiai Kiado, 1978.Held at Matrafured, Hungary, 24-30 September, 1976. Bibliotheca Orientalis Hungarica Vol. XXIII.
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Treasures from Scythian Tombs in the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad
Read MoreM. I. Artamonov
London: Thames & Hudson, 1969. -
The Wit and Wisdom of the Christian Fathers of Egypt
AU$300 Read MoreAdd to cartErnest A. Wallis Budge
London: Oxford University Press, 1934.The Syrian Version of the Apophthegmata Patrum by Anan Isho of Beth ‘Abhe translated by Sir Ernest A. Wallis Budge.
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Negro: An Anthology
Read MoreNancy Cunard
New York and London: Continuum, 2002.Edited and abridged, with an introduction by Hugh Ford.
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Art of Africa
Read MoreJacques Kerchache; Jean-Louis Paudrat; Lucien Stephan
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1993.First Edition in English, translated from the French by Marjolijn de Jager. With an essay, The Principal Ethnic Groups of African Art by Francoise Stoullig-Marin.
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African Furniture & Household Objects
Read MoreRoy Sieber
Bloomington and London and New York: Indiana University Press and the American Federation of the Arts, 1980. -
Face of the Gods: Art and Altars of Africa and the African Americas
Read MoreRobert Farris Thompson
New York and Munich: The Museum for African Art and Prestel, 1993. -
Ashanti Proverbs (The Primitive Ethics of a Savage People)
AU$400 Read MoreAdd to cartR. Sutherland Rattray
Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1916.Translated from the Original with Grammatical and Anthropological Notes by R. Sutherland Rattray. With a Preface by Sir Hugh Clifford. This copy signed by the author to the front free endpaper.
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Art Bakongo: Les Centres de Style
AU$800 Read MoreAdd to cartRaoul Lehuard
Arnouville: Arts d’Afrique Noire, 1989. -
La Sculpture Negre Primitive
AU$200 Read MoreAdd to cartPaul-Guillaume; T. Munro
Paris: Les Editions, G. Cres & Cie, 1929.Rebound in black cloth with the original wrappers. Bookplates of Marshall Laird and Philip Goldman with pencil annotation to half-title identifying it as Collier Garland’s copy.
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A Young Man Can Have The Embroidered Gown Of An Elder – But He Can’t Have The Rags Of An Elder: Conversations On Yoruba Culture
Read MoreRowland Abiodun; Ulli Beier
[Bayreuth]: Iwalewa, 1991. -
Yoruba Beaded Crowns: Sacred Regalia of the Olokuku of Okuku
Read MoreUlli Beier
London: Ethnographica, 1982. -
From the Womb of Earth: An Appreciation of Yoruba Bronze Art
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartEvelyn Roache-Selk
Washington, D.C.: University Press of America, 1978. -
Yoruba Religious Carving: Pagan & Christian Sculpture in Nigeria & Dahomey
Read MoreKevin Carroll
London, Dublin and Melbourne: Geoffrey Chapman, 1967. -
Life in Southern Nigeria: The Magic, Beliefs and Customs of the Ibibio Tribe
AU$120 Read MoreAdd to cartP. Amaury Talbot
London: Macmillan and Co., 1923. -
Scientific Expeditions in the Portuguese Overseas Territories (1783-1808)
AU$150 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Joel Simon
Lisboa: Instituto de Investigacao Cientifica Tropical, 1983.and the Role of Lisbon in the Intellectual-Scientific Community of the late Eighteenth Century.
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The Fabrics of Culture: The Anthropology of Clothing and Adornment
AU$100 Read MoreAdd to cartJustine M. Cordwell; Ronald A. Schwarz
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1979. -
The Performing Arts: Music and Dance
AU$80 Read MoreAdd to cartJohn A. R. Blacking; Joann Keali’inohomoku
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1979. -
Concepts for Communication and Development in Bilingual-Bicultural Communities
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartFlorencio Sanchez Camara; Felipe Ayala
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1979. -
Patterns in Oral Literature
Read MoreHeda Kason; Demitri Segal
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1977. -
Approaches to Language: Anthropological Issues
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam C. McCormack; Stephen A. Wurm
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1978. -
Language and Society: Anthropological Issues
AU$50 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam C. McCormack; Stephen A. Wurm
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1979. -
Discourse and Inference in Cognitive Anthropology: An Approach to Psychic Unity and Enculturation
Read MoreMarvin D. Loflin; James Silverberg
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1978. -
Gesture and Speech
Read MoreAndre Leroi-Gourhan
Cambridge: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1993. -
The Language Game: Papers in Memory of Donald C. Laycock
Read MoreTom Dutton; Malcolm Ross; Darrell Tryon
Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University, 1992. -
The Languages of Australia
Read MoreR. M. W. Dixon
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1980.