Micronesia

 


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).

Book Code: M069 AU $58


Grimble, Arthur & H.E. Maude (editor). TUNGARU TRADITIONS. Writings on the Atoll Culture of the

Gilbert Islands. BNo. 0-522-84386-7. First Edition, 1989. Pp: xxxii, 384; 235mm x 155mm; 0.74kg. 35

b/w, 13 fig, 9 tab, 1 map. Preface, acknowledgments, notes, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good

copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1989. (The editor has

collected from many different locations the complete ethnographic fieldnotes, reports and other papers

of Arthur Grimble on the Gilbertese people) (Keywords: Ethnography, Pacific, Micronesia, Gilbert

Islands).

Book Code: D008 AU $44


Linton, Wingert, D'Harnoncourt & Covarrubias. ARTS OF THE SOUTH SEAS. Museum of Modern Art,

New York. BNo. n/a. First Edition, 1946. Pp: 200; 255mm x 190mm; 0.82kg. 4 col, 190 b/w, 14 maps.

Acknowledgments, bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: g. (minor wear on

wrap). Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1946. (This book was one of the first comprehensive surveys

of the arts of the South Pacific islands. It covers all the major style regions from Hawaii to the

Philippines) (Keywords: Ethnology, Micronesia, Polynesia, Melanesia, Australia).

Book Code: H452 AU $160


Maude, H.E. OF ISLANDS AND MEN. Studies in Pacific History. BNo. AUS 67-535. First Edition,

1968. Pp: xxii, 398; 215mm x 140mm; 0.72kg. 20 b/w(pl), 20 maps. Preface, abbreviations,

introduction, appendices, bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Oxford

University Press, Melbourne, 1968. (This book is a collection of some of the most colourful episodes in

the story of the South Seas) (Keywords: Exploration, colonisation, Micronesia, Gilbert Islands, Tahiti,

Phoenix Islands).

Book Code: C153 AU $45


Maude, H.E. THE EVOLUTION OF THE GILBERTESE BOTI. An Ethnohistorical Interpretation. BNo.

n/a. Reprint Edition, 1991 (1963) (pb). Pp: 70; 215mm x 145mm; 0.14kg. 2 b/w, 8 fig, 2 maps.

Appendices 1 to 5, notes on construction, references. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Institute

of Pacific Studies, Suva, 1991. (This paper attempts an analysis of the complex of cultural traits which

the Gilbertese associate together under the term 'boti') (Keywords: Ethnography, Micronesia, Gilbert

Islands, Samoa).

Book Code: L711 AU $15


Maude, H.E. THE GILBERTESE MANEABA. Centre of the community social life. BNo. n/a. First

Edition, 1980. Pp: xi, 54; 210mm x 150mm; 0.20kg. 7 b/w, 7 fig. Author's note, references, end notes.

A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Institute of Pacific Studies, Suva, 1980. (This study

on the Gilbertese maneaba construction is based on information given to the author by the

master-builders of the maneaba when he was rorobuaka in the 1930s) (Keywords: Ethnology, Pacific,

Micronesia, Gilbert Islands).

Book Code: L710 AU $15

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