ROM is a 'ritual of diplomacy', performed to establish or re-establish friendly relations with neighbouring communities by presenting them with elaborately-decorated totemic poles. The entire process of making, binding, and decorating the poles can extend over weeks and involves successive sessions of song and dance with culminate in a presentation ceremony.
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Seller: Books on the Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, CA, U.S.A.
paperback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First. Contents include: ROM: The Ritual, Ritual Objects, The Bark Paintings. Seller Inventory # 27362
Seller: George Kent, Bookseller, Silverhill, AL, U.S.A.
Soft cover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. 1st Edition. This AS NEW assumed first edition of 102 pages, profusely illustrated, is tight, bright, and clean, free of names and markings. Seller Inventory # 25079
Seller: Chapter 1, Johannesburg, GAU, South Africa
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Publication of 102 pages. The wraps are a little shelf rubbed and edge worn. The binding is excellent. GK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services. Seller Inventory # 6owbv
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Seller: Ripponlea Books, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xiii+102pp., Pictorial full colour illustrated covers, ochre eps. with neat previous ownership name inside top corner of panels, illust. title-page, full page col. map of Anbarra homelands, gloss., intro. by ed., col. & b/w plts. & text, gen. note, bark paintings & diags., bibliog. ROM: An Aboriginal Ritual of Diplomacy serves as a catalogue of this exhibition in addition to the ethnographic and historical material on the Anbarra people, their country and the ritual of Rom. Size: Large Octavo. Book. Seller Inventory # 004346
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Seller: Barclay Books, York, WA, Australia
Paperback. ROM is a 'ritual of diplomacy', performed to establish or re-establish friendly relations with neighbouring communities by presenting them with elaborately-decorated totemic poles. The entire process of making, binding, and decorating the poles can extend over weeks and involves successive sessions of song and dance with culminate in a presentation ceremony. 1986. First edition. A very good copy. Seller Inventory # 12340234
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Seller: Good Reading Secondhand Books, Benalla, VIC, Australia
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Seller Inventory # 013706
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Seller: BOOKHOME SYDNEY, Annandale Sydney, NSW, Australia
Paperback small quarto, very good condition, black & cream text-photos, colour photos, minor edgewear. 102 pp. Rom is a 'ritual of diplomacy' of the Anbarra people, Arnhem Land, being a series of ceremonies when meeting neighbouring communities that includes presenting visitors with a decorated totem. The first Rom ceremony to be performed outside Arnhem Land was held at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra in November 1982. The songs, dances, and artifacts that are part of Rom are described and accompanied by colour photos. Also involved was an exhibition of bark paintings and craft work that now has been purchased by the National Museum of Australia. All of the paintings reproduced in this book are closely related to the themes of the Rom ritual performed in Canberra. This book is a catalogue of this exhibition in addition to the ethnographic and historical material on the Anbarra people and their country, including meeting with Maccassan fishermen. (Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies, New Series, no 59. Edited by Stephen Wild.). Seller Inventory # 30414
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Seller: Librairie Parrêsia, Figeac, France
Paperback Jan 01, 1986. Condition: Used: Good. ROM: An Aboriginal ritual of diplomacy (AIAS new series) | Stephen A. Wild | Autralian Institute for Aboriginal Studies, 1986, in-8 broché de 102 pp. Couverture légèrement passée, coins légèrement frottés. Dos solide, frottements mineurs en tête et en pied. Intérieur frais pour cette étude. [NM21]. Seller Inventory # 0516UDT6BFJ
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Seller: San Francisco Book Company, Paris, France
Paperback. Condition: Very good. Paperback Octavo. wraps, 102 pp Standard shipping (no tracking or insurance) / Priority (with tracking) / Custom quote for large or heavy orders. Seller Inventory # 105227
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