Shields of Melanesia

Barry Craig, Harry Beran

Adelaide and Sydney

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Crawford House Publishing Australia in association with Oceanic Art Society

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2005

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First Edition.

29.5cm x 21.5cm. xx, 287 pages, colour illustrations, maps. Black cloth, gilt and blind lettering, pictorial jacket.

“.. the first comprehensive book of its kind and illustrates more than 100 types of shields from all culture areas of Melanesia that used such objects. Around 80 per cent of the shields illustrated have never before been published.” (from jacket flap) This copy with Oceanic Art Society (OAS) Journal , Volume 19, Issue 5, November 2014, 4 fliers relating to OAS functions, and notice of a Bonhams Auction of African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art in New York are laid in.

Minor bump to tail fore-edge corner. Very minor shelf wear to jacket with very minor foxing to verso. Near Fine Condition.