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9780500203668 Caruana: Aboriginal Art. 2nd edition. Paperback

Aboriginal Art. 2nd edition. Paperback Wally Caruana 240 pages, with 206 illustrations, (67 in colour). 2003. This revised edition of Caruana's comprehensive survey contains new illustrations and updated information covering developments in the field of Aboriginal art, which thrives in a variety of contexts - sacred and secular - and in wide range of media

9780724102990 /Ryan: Across the Desert: Aboriginal Batik from Central Australia. Paperback

Across the Desert: Aboriginal Batik from Central Australia. Paperback by Judith Ryan 168 pages, illustrated. 2009. It celebrates the early development of Australian Aboriginal women's art through the evolution of batik production in five central desert communities Ernabella, Fregon, Utopia, Yuendumu and Kintore. It first emerged as a dynamic new form of Aboriginal art during the 1970s and 1980s, and has since gone on to become one of the most instantly recognizable forms of Aboriginal art.

9780415338110 / Hiscock: Archaeology of Ancient Australia. Paperback

Archaeology of Ancient Australia. Paperback Peter Hiscock 638 pages. 2007. This book is an introduction to the archaeology of Australia from prehistoric times to the eighteenth century AD. It is the only up-to-date textbook on the subject and is designed for undergraduate courses, based on the author's considerable experience of teaching at the Australian National University. Lucidly written, it shows the diversity and colourfulness of the history of humanity in the southern continent

9780881330847 Malinowski: Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea

Argonauts of the Western Pacific: An Account of Native Enterprise and Adventure in the Archipelagoes of Melanesian New Guinea by Bronislaw Malinowski xxxii, 527 pages, many illustrations. 1922, reprint. This volume can be considered the founding document of economic anthropology, and remains the best one to read. It emphasizes the great significance of primitive economics by singling out the notable exchange system of the Trobriand Islands for special consideration.

9780824812812 Arbeit: Baskets in Polynesia: A Kolowalu Book. Paperback

Baskets in Polynesia: A Kolowalu Book. Paperback by Wendy Arbeit 118 pages, 8 plates with many drawings and photographs in blackwhite and colour. 1990

9780824811471 Monberg: Bellona Island Beliefs and Rituals. Hardcover

Bellona Island Beliefs and Rituals. Hardcover by Torben Monberg xix, 449 pages, with 17 figures, 4 genealogies, maps, 7 photographs, 8 tables. 1991

9780824807795 Bird: The Craft of Hawaiian Lauhale Weaving. Paperback

Craft of Hawaiian Lauhale Weaving. Paperback by Adren Bird, Steven Goldsberry, J. Puninani Kanekoa Bird 154 pages, with numerous illustrations. 1982

9780816030835 Nile, Clerk: Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zeland & the South Pacifc. Cloth

Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zeland & the South Pacifc. Cloth by Richard Nile and Christian Clerk 240 pages, over 250 illustrations and 40 colour maps. Virtually every page displays some combination of maps, historical and contemporary photos, and reproductions of artwork. Special features focus on Aboriginal art, body adornment in Papua New Guinea, Gauguin, the Maori meeting house, and the forging of the Gallipoli legend. A glossary explains such terms as digger, and waddi; the bibliography is subject classified; a gazetteer is included

9789074597122 Schellberg: Didgeridoo: Rituele oorsprong en verschillende speelwijzen

Didgeridoo: Rituele oorsprong en verschillende speelwijzen door Dirk Schellberg 146 pagina's, veel foto's en tekeningen. Tweede druk 1997

3791314270 Birnie-Danzker: Dreamings.Tjukurrpa. Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert. Cloth

Dreamings. Tjukurrpa. Aboriginal Art of the Western Desert. Cloth. Ca. 24x30 cm Jo-Anne Birnie-Danzker, editor 152 pages, 49 colour illustrations and 26 black-white illustrations. 1994

9780807612019 Sutton: Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia. Cloth

Dreamings: The Art of Aboriginal Australia. Cloth. ca. 25x28 cm edited by Peter Sutton 266 pages, with over 300 illustrations and 155 colour plates. 1997

9780824809812 Kirch: Feathered Gods and Fishhooks. An Introduction to Hawaiian Archaeology and Prehistory. Cloth

Feathered Gods and Fishhooks. An Introduction to Hawaiian Archaeology and Prehistory. Cloth by Patrick Vinton Kirch x, 349 pages, with many maps, drawings and photographs. 1985

9780824813727 Hopkins: Ka Lei Ha'Aheo: Teachers Guide and Answer Key. Paperback

Ka Lei Ha'Aheo: Teachers Guide and Answer Key. Paperback by Alberta Pualani Hopkins xiii, 105 pages. 1992. Reduced price

9780691087334 Rich: Kadimakara. Extinct Vertebrates of Australia. Cloth

Kadimakara. Extinct Vertebrates of Australia. Cloth. ca. 22 x 31 cm edited by P.V. Rich, G.F. van Tets, and F. Knight 284 pages, many bw and colour illustrations. Originally published in 1985 and here republished with a prefatory and bibliographic update, gorgeously illustrated by Frank Knight. Pioneers in the field of Australian fossil research provide a broad overview of vertebrate history in that country, explain how paleontologists view their own processes of interpreting what fossil animals and plants were like when alive, and examine 32 extinct vertebrates.

9780824819200 Waterhouse: The King and People of Fiji. Paperback

King and People of Fiji. Paperback with dustcover by Joseph Waterhouse xiii, 326 pages, illustrated. 1998

393325745x Winkel: Köpfe, Schlangen, Pyramiden in Lateinamerika. Alte Kulturen von Mexiko bis zur Osterinsel

Köpfe, Schlangen, Pyramiden in Lateinamerika. Alte Kulturen von Mexiko bis zur Osterinsel Karl zum Winkel 172 Seiten, Glossar, Register, Frontispiz, viele sw- und farbigen Abbildungen. 2001

9781740590990 Lonely Planet Australian Language & Culture. Paperback. Third edition

Lonely Planet Australian Language & Culture. Paperback. Third edition. edited by Vanessa Battersby and Berry Blake  254 pages. 2007

Scott Elliot: The Lost Lemuria. Paperback

Lost Lemuria. Paperback W. Scott Elliot 44 pages. 1904. reprinted 1997? The object of this paper is not so much to bring forward new and startling information about the lost continent, as to establish by the evidence obtainable from geology and from the study of the relative distribution of living and extinct animals and plants

9780824808709 Abernethy: Made in Hawaii. Paperback

Made in Hawaii. Paperback by Jane Fulton Abernethy and Suelyn Ching Tune xi, 129 pages, illustrated. 1983. Instructions for craft projects and activities which are traditionally Hawaiian. Includes how to use ti and coconut; how to make tools, cordage, toys, and leis; how to prepare foods and natural dyes; how to plant such crops as coconut, banana, and sugarcane; and how to play Hawaiian games

9781110521219310 Higham: The Maoris. Paperback

Maoris. Paperback by Charles Higham 48 pages, many illustrations. 1981. Discusses the prehistory of the Maori people and the effect of European colonization on these original inhabitants of New Zealand. Also describes the Maori today.

9780521774109 / Rowse: Obliged to be Difficult. Nugget Coombs' Legacy in Indiginous Affairs. Paperback

Obliged to be Difficult. Nugget Coombs' Legacy in Indiginous Affairs. Paperback Tim Rowse 262 pages, notes, references, index. 2000. This book is an account of government policies and a biographical slice of an outstanding Australian government policy

Jones: Pacifice Basket Makers: A Living Tradition. Catalog of the 1981 Pacific Basketmaker's Symposium and Exhibition. Paperback

Pacifice Basket Makers: A Living Tradition. Catalog of the 1981 Pacific Basketmaker's Symposium and Exhibition. Paperback Edited by Suzi Jones 80 pages, with numerous illustrations

9780824811877 Pukui: Pocket Place Names of Hawai'i

Pocket Place Names of Hawai'i Mary Kawena Pukui a.o. xvi, 79 pages. 1989

9780415 0710303580 Morgan: Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia. Cloth

Prehistoric Architecture in Micronesia. Cloth by William N. Morgan 164 pages, with many maps and illustrations, index, bibliography only 1, slightly damaged, copy in stock, it became wet but only little bit of the first pages, but they dont stick together

978156459125828 Spence: The Problem of Lemuria. The Sunken Continent of the Pacific. Paperback

Problem of Lemuria. The Sunken Continent of the Pacific. Paperback Lewis Spence 249 pages. 1932? reprinted 1997

9780824819750 Binney: Redemption Songs. A Life of the Nineteenth-century Maori Leader Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. Pbaperback

Redemption Songs. A Life of the Nineteenth-century Maori Leader Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki. Paperback by Judith Binney 666 pages, 8 pages of plates, maps. Book of the Year 1996

9780915013081 Barratt: The Russian Discovery of Hawai'i: The Journals of Eight Russian Explorers. Cloth

Russian Discovery of Hawai'i: The Journals of Eight Russian Explorers. The Ethnographic and Historic Record. Cloth by Glynn Barratt 259 pages, with maps, illustrations, selective bibiography (sic), index, 3 appendices, Russian and Hawaiian Glossaries. 1987. reduced price, dustcover little bit damaged

9780824813130 Lum: Sailing for the Sun: The Chinese in Hawaii, 1789-1989. Cloth

Sailing for the Sun: The Chinese in Hawaii, 1789-1989. Cloth. Ca. 23 x 31 cm Arlene Lum, editor 200 pages, with numerous colour and black-white illustrations. 1988. Describes the lives of Chinese immigrants in Hawaii, and looks at their contributions to the development of the state

9780964542624 Whistler: Samoan Herbal Medicine: 'O La'Au Ma Vai Fofo O Samoa. Paperback

Samoan Herbal Medicine: 'O La'Au Ma Vai Fofo O Samoa. Paperback Dr. W. Arthur Whistler 116 pages, illustrated. 1996

9780824807993 Thomas: Schooner from Windward: Two Centuries of Hawaiian Interisland Shipping. Cloth

Schooner from Windward: Two Centuries of Hawaiian Interisland Shipping. Cloth by Mifflin Thomas 238 pages, with 6 maps and many photographs. 1983

9780295970844 Washburn, Crowe: Symmetries of Culture: Theory and Practice of Plane Pattern Analysis. Paperback

Symmetries of Culture: Theory and Practice of Plane Pattern Analysis. Paperback by Dorothy K. Washburn and Donald W. Crowe x, 299 pages, numerous illustrations. 1988. This richly illustrated study brings to light dozens of intriguing examples of symmetrical designs, for instance, in a Zulu loincloth, a Japanese chopstick case, a New England quilt, a Tibetan 'Plaque of a Thousand Lamas,' a Hawaii water gourd. The same pattern found in a fantastical drawing of lizards by M.C. Escher is echoed in a Fiji basket lid and an Egyptian wall mosaic.

1566911400 Stanly: Tahiti Handbook, including Easter Island and the Cooks

Tahiti Handbook, including Easter Island and the Cooks David Stanley over 435 pages. 1999, 4th edition

9780889611832 Awekotuku: Tahuri. Short Stories. Paperback

Tahuri. Short Stories. Paperback by Te Awekotuku, Ngahuia / Awekotuku, Ngahuia Te 103 pages, with Maori and Pakeha glossaries. 1993

9780824815271 Whistler: Tongan Herbal Medicine. Paperback

Tongan Herbal Medicine. Paperback W. Arthur Whistler 124 pages, with 23 figures, maps. 1993

9780824811242 Hanlon: Upon a Stone Altar: A History of the Island of Pohnpei to 1890. Cloth

Upon a Stone Altar: A History of the Island of Pohnpei to 1890. Cloth by David Hanlon xxviii, 320 pages, illustrated. 1988

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