Tursch B (13 results)

6 pp., 4 figs, 1 pl., 4.

8 pp., 4.

18 pp., 8 figs, 4.

Apex 13(1-2) 0.0.

, 22 figs, 6 pls, 4to, wrps (Apex 11(1) 0.0.

The status of Oliva miniacea (R?ding, 1798) and similar taxa is reviewed. Oliva mascarena n. sp., a familiar, hitherto unnamed Indian Ocean species, is described. A lectotype is selected for O. concinna Marrat, 1870. The taxonomic status of the names used for this group of species ( and of names incorrectly associated with them) has been critically examined. 49 pp., 22 figs, 6 pls, stapled 4.…

The taxonomic status of the members of the Western Atlantic Oliva fulgurator-reticularis complex , the Eastern Pacific Oliva spicata complex and some related taxa is reviewed. O. foxi Stingley, 1984, O. fulgurator (R?ding, 1798)., O. polpasta Dclos, 1833, O. scripta Lamarck, 1811 and O. spicata (R?ding, 1798) are shown to be distinct species. O. spicata deynzerae Petuch & Sargent, 1986 is a distinct subspecies. The available type material of many synonymous taxa has been studied and illustrated. 61 pp. w. 11 b/w pls, 4.…

Condition: Gut. 620 S. OPd m. Sch Exlibris krankheitsbedingt erfolgt der Versand nur 1x pro Woche. Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.

505 pages, text in English and German, 481 photographs, 8 drawings, 3 figures, 12 maps. Cloth cover, new unopened copy. The first treatise on the mwana hiti, the wooden, highly stylized torso of a female figure, this important volume accompanied a major 1990 exhibition of mwana hiti and other objects of Tanzanian art at the Fred Jahn Gallery in Munich. Impressively thorough with almost 500 excellent photographs and containing important essays and research data on stylistic differences, typology, and the ethnography of Zaramo and Kwere peoples of eastern Tanzania, this study is another impressive work by an au- thor whose writings are a boone to collector and scholar alike. The edition was limited to 1000 copies.…