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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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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