
New Guinea Masks (Classic Reprint)
There are few places, if any, less affected by modern civilization than certain islands of the South Seas, especially New Guinea. In the interior of this large island the inhabitants are still living in the stone age as truly as the ancient inhabitants of Europe did in neolithic times. Civilization, however, is rapidly penetrating this region. On the coasts of New Guinea, and in the neighboring is...
Paperback: 28 pages
Publisher: Forgotten Books (June 26, 2012)
Language: English
ASIN: B008NDDROC
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.1 x 9 inches
Amazon Rank: 12383518
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“This is really not a treatise on New Guinea masks so much as a brief pamphlet. The black & white (not gray scale, black & white) mimeographed photos are crude, and it's almost impossible to see what's in them. In a region with very colorful masks, ...”
ands, the old life is passing away in many places has already done so and little or nothing now remains to tell the tale, unless it be in the memory of the older generation. In 1909 the Museum was enabled under the patronage of Mr. Joseph N. Field, to extend its work into the South Pacific I slands. An expedition, known as the Joseph N. Field South Pacific Expedition, under the leadership of Dr. Albert B. Lewis, spent four years, 1909-13, in the South Pacific, chiefly in the following Melanesian I slands: Fiji, the New Hebrides, New Caledonia, the Solomon I slands, New Britain, New I reland, New Hanover, St. Matthias, the Admiralty I slands, and New Guinea. The object of the expedition was to obtain whatever possible, both of collections and information, that would help to illustrate the life, activities, and beliefs of the inhabitants of this region, as they had been when uninfluenced by European culture. The most important result of the Joseph N. Field Expedition is a collection of more than ten thousand specimens. In addition to these the Museum was also able through Mr. Field to acquire some fine old collections supplementing those obtained in the field.(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)About the PublisherForgotten Books is a publisher of historical writings, such as: Philosophy, Classics, Science, Religion, History, Folklore and Mythology.Forgotten Books' Classic Reprint Series utilizes the latest technology to regenerate facsimiles
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