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The Torres Strait collections of artefacts taken back to Britain by A. C. Haddon are among the most comprehensive and well-documented ever obtained from one particular ethnic group. They are scattered through seven museums, which include the Museum of Mankind (the Department of Ethnography, British Museum), the Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, the Horniman Museum and the National Museum of Ireland. Fore the first time the whole range of these outstanding artefacts is fully described and illustrated with 450 black and white photographs. This catalogue at last makes them available for study by anthropologists, museum curators, and all others interested in the history and ethnography of Melanesia and Australia.
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The Torres Strait Collections of A.C. Haddon. A Descriptive Catalogue.
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British Museum Publications, London, 1984
ISBN 10: 071411569X
ISBN 13: 9780714115696
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Hard Cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. 109pp text + 79 bw plates; bibliography, addenda, bw ills, map. Black boards in jacket. Top edge a little dusted, jacket price clipped-an excellent copy of this scarce and important volume. Artifacts collected by Dr Haddon during two expeditions to the Torres Strait islands in 1888 and 1898. Over 700 objects are shown in the plates. The collections form one of the most comprehensive and well-documented ever obtained from one particular ethnic group and are scattered over seven museums. Size: 4to. Seller Inventory # 052347
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The Torres Strait Collections of A. C. Haddon A Descriptive Catalogue
Published by
British Museum Publications, 1984
ISBN 10: 071411569X
ISBN 13: 9780714115696
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Black cloth/gilt. Slight corner wear, trace soil to board edges. Tight and unmarked. The DJ in mylar is slightly softened to points. With b/w plates. Text in English. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall. Seller Inventory # 33609