The Kiwai Papuans of British new Guinea. A Nature-Born Instance of Rousseau's Ideal Community

Gunnar Landtman; Alfred C. Haddon

Published by Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London, 1927

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A first edition of this scarce 20th century ethnographical work on Kiwai Papuans by sociologist and philosopher Gunnar Landtman A first edition of this scarce ethnographical work on Kiwai Papuans, the Mawatta, and the Masingle peoples. With 113 illustrations, collated but not complete, as three plates are missing between pages 22 and 25, and two plates are missing at pages 30 and 31. Having lived with the Kiwai Papuans between 1910 and 1912, Finnish sociologist and philosopher Gunnar Landtman follows his volume on Kiwi Papuan folklore with this examination of their ways of life. Comprised of 33 chapters, Landtman discusses a broad range of topics from housing, hunting, and harvesting, to astrology, meteorology, and social organisation. The work also contains records of the habits and beliefs of the Mawatta people on the mainland of Papua New Guinea. The book was rebound by the Fife Education Committee County Library. There is a torn bookplate with advice for users of the Fife Education Committee library to the front pastedown, and purple ink stamps to the recto of the front endpaper, and the title page. Small ink markings to the verso of the title page. Pages v and 19 have small tape repairs. Rebound in a half calf library binding. Externally, generally smart with a little rubbing to the boards. Spine lightly bumped to the head, with some marginal wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright with the occasional mark throughout. Good. Seller Inventory # 843N24

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Kiwai Papuans of British new Guinea. A ...

Publisher: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., London

Publication Date: 1927

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Not stated

Condition: Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book