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Detail of front of wrap - ARC OF THE ANCESTORS

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Feldman, Jerome. ARC OF THE ANCESTORS - Indonesian Art from the Jerome L. Joss Collection at UCLA.

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Ave, Millet, Weldon & Owen. INDONESIA - A voyage through the Archipelago. Project Director: Dawn Low; Project Editor: Peter Schoppert. BNo. 2-87868-003-0. First Edition, 1990. Pp: 275; 355mm x 250mm; 2.78kg. num col & b/w, 1 map. Foreword, introduction, appendices, index, acknowledgments. A good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: g; dw: vg. (weakened front hinge). Miller Weldon Owen Ltd, Paris, 1990. (Forty-five photographers were commissioned to voyage through the Indonesian archipelago to bring more than three hundred images to the pages of this book. Gavin Young sets the scene with a foreword drawing on the images and sentiments of the great voyagers of the last century. Edward Behr reports on the pulse of change and Paul Zach supplies extensive and informative captions to complement the photographs) (Keywords: Travel, photography, southeast Asia, Indonesia).

Book Code: E045 AU$50

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Barr, Pat. TAMING THE JUNGLE. The Men who made British Malaya. BNo. 436-03365-8. First Edition, 1977. Pp: (xii), 172; 215mm x 140mm; 0.46kg. 29 b/w, 1 map. Bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Martin Secker & Warburg Limited, London, 1977. (The author describes the history of the British in nineteenth-century Malaya, rounding out the stories of the past with an account of her own recent journeys in the country) (Keywords: Exploration, pioneering, Southeast Asia, Malaya, Malaysia).

Book Code: E303 AU$15

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Bertrand, Gabrielle. THE JUNGLE PEOPLE. Men, Beasts and Legends of the Moi Country (Translated from the French by Eleanor Brockett). BNo. n/a. First Edition (UK) 1959. Pp: 190; 215mm x 135mm; 0.48kg. 17 b/w(pl), 1 map. Foreword, glossary, bibliography. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Robert Hale Limited, London, 1959. (The Moi country, which is described by the author, lies between the jungles of Cambodia and the Annam mountains of Vietnam. Gabrielle Bertrand travelled through the forests, lived with the people and shared in their rites and celebrations) (Keywords: Social anthropology, southeast Asia, Cambodia, Moi, Cham).

Book Code: F259 SOLD - now out of stock AU$22

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Blair, Lawrence with Lorne Blair. RING OF FIRE. From the BBC Television Series. BNo. 0-593-01310-7. First Edition, 1988. Pp: 272; 265mm x 220mm; 1.28kg. 240 col, b/w & fig, 1 map. Bibliography, acknowledgments, photograph credits, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Bantam Press. Transworld Publishers Ltd, London, 1988. (This book is the story of the authors and their journey of exploration in the volcanic Indonesian archipelago from the mountains and jungles of Sumatra and Borneo to the sculptured rice terraces of Java and Bali) (Keywords: Exploration, southeast Asia, Sumatra, Borneo, Punan, New Guinea, Asmat).

Book Code: H002 AU$32
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Detail of wrap - THE HEAD-HUNTERS OF BORNEO. (bock2p 150/228)
Bock, Carl. THE HEAD HUNTERS OF BORNEO. A narrative of travel up the Mahakkam and down the Barito; also, Journeyings in Sumatra. BNo. 0-19-582629-9. New Edition, 1985 (1881) (pb). Pp: xvi, 345; 255mm x 170mm; 0.75kg. 30 col, 7 b/w, 1 map. Introduction, bibliography, preface, appendices I to V, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Oxford University Press, Singapore, 1985. (This book is an account of Carl Bock's travels in the 1870s in both Borneo and Sumatra and his observations on the way of life of the people of the interior, their titular Malay overlords and various aspects of colonial life) (Keywords: Exploration, anthropology, southeast Asia, Borneo, Sumatra, Bahau Dayak).
Book Code: J200 AU$35
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Feldman, Jerome. ARC OF THE ANCESTORS. Indonesian Art from the Jerome L. Joss Collection at UCLA. BNo. 0-930741-36-6. First Edition, 1994 (pb). Pp: 96; 275mm x 210mm; 0.50kg. 43 col, 62 b/w, 4 fig. Acknowledgments, bibliography. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Fowler Museum of Cultural History. University of California, Los Angeles, 1994. (This book is a catalogue for an exhibition of 69 artefacts from Indonesia at ULCA. The introductory essay, entitled 'Themes and Variations in the Tribal Arts of Insular Southeast Asia' and catalogue entries are provided by the author) (Keywords: Ethnology, Nias, Siberut, Batak, Sumatra, Toraja, Sulawesi, Ifugao, Philippines, Alor, Babar).

Book Code: N846 AU$70

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Hanbury-Tenison, Robin. A PATTERN OF PEOPLES. A Journey among the Tribes of Indonesia's Outer Islands. BNo. 0-684-14363-1. First Edition, 1975. Pp: 220; 215mm x 135mm; 0.50kg. 33 col(pl), 3 maps. Foreword, introduction, conclusions, bibliography, index. A very good copy in dust wrapper. Cvr: vg; dw: vg. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, 1975. (The author reached a wide cross section of peoples ranging from the highly cultured Toraja of Sulawesi to the stone-age Dani of the Baliem Valley in Irian Jaya. The author provides a background from observations on the state of tribal peoples to a description of the area) (Keywords: Social culture, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Sulawesi, Kalimantan, New Guinea).

Book Code: D216 AU$18
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Detail of wrap - ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THAILAND
Warren, William & Luca Invernizzi Tettoni. ARTS AND CRAFTS OF THAILAND. Consultant: Chaiwut Tulayadhan. BNo. 0-500-27801-6. Reprint Edition, 1996 (1994) (pb). Pp: 160; 255mm x 220mm; 0.68kg. 177 col, 52 b/w & fig, 1 map. Introduction, glossary, bibliography, index. A very good paperback copy. Wrp: vg. Thames and Hudson, London, 1996. (Thai textiles form only part of the rich assortment of creative traditions and products presented in this book. Also portrayed in colour are baskets, earthenware, silk fabrics, as well as silverware, lacquerware, jewelry, furniture, wood carvings, altar tables) (Keywords: Arts, crafts, Thailand).
Book Code: P054 AU$28
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