Wayward Women: Sexuality and Agency in a New Guinea Society
University of California, 2006. Hardcover. More
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Strategies and Norms in a Changing Matrilineal Society
Cambridge University Press, 1986. Hardcover. More
Our Southern Highlanders
Outing Publishing, 1913. Hard cover. Jacket is Mylar only. Jacket edges are slightly worn. Spine is cracked and sunned. Front cover is slightly worn. Back cover has small chips. Cover corners are lightly bumped. Cover flyleaf includes bookplate and inscription from previous owner. Inside is tanned but clean and unmarked..... More
Hollywood, the Dream Factory: An Anthropologist Looks at the Movie-Makers
Little, Brown and Company, 1950. Hard cover. First edition. Jacket is chipped near top of spine and bottom left corner of back flap. Edges of jacket are worn with small tears. Jacket covers are worn and tanned. Front jacket cover has chip in top left corner... More
On Ancient Human Immolation (Chinese Edition)
Cultural Relics Publishing House, 2004. Hard cover. Almost entirely in Chinese with brief abstract in English at the end. Corners lightly bumped, otherwise excellent condition. More
Todos Santos in Rural Tlaxcala: A Syncretic, Expressive, and Symbolic Analysis of the Cult of the Dead.
Princeton University Press, 1988. Hard cover. Spine of dust jacket is tanned. Back of dust jacket is lightly soiled, not affecting text. Spine is bumped but binding is secure. Name of previous owner inscribed in pen on title page. Otherwise text is clean and unmarked. More
Magic: A Sociological Study
Stanford University Press, 1948. hardcover. Jacket faded, slightly chipped. Very clean and tight otherwise. More
The Sema Nagas
Oxford, 1968. Cloth. light shelf wear, spine bumped, cover is slightly loose from spine but still in tact. More
African-Brazilian Culture and Regional Identity in Bahia, Brazil (New World Diasporas)
U.S.A. University Press of Florida, 2013. Hard Cover. Like new. More
Javanische Batikmuster auf Kupferstempeln / Javanese Batik Patterns on Copper Plates
Galerie fur Kunst aus Sudostasien, 1985. Softcover. In German. Illustrated. More
Irene Emery Roundtable on Museum Textiles 1976 Proceedings: Ethnographic Textiles of the Western Hemisphere
The Textile Museum, 1976. Soft cover. Bottom corner bumped, clean and unmarked throughout. More
Children of Jamaica
Fleming H. Revell, 1910. Hardcover. With 8 color plates. No date. Covers worn, moreso along edges, with some spotting. one plate detached, but still present, though torn and creased. As-Is. More
No One Cries For The Dead: Tamil Dirges, Rowdy Songs, and Graveyard Petitions
University of California Press, 2004. Hard cover. Clean and unmarked throughout. Light rubbing on corners. More
El Pelo in Los Cubanos
Carasa y Ca. 1933. Softcover. In Spanish. Inscribed by the author. study of Cuban hair. More
Guba Volume One: Wicker Shields of the Congo Basin
Tribal Arts, 2002. Soft cover. Text in English, French, German, Dutch. Very good, clean condition. More
Techniak en Sierkunst in den Indischen Archipel: Geillustreede Beschrijvingen can Indische Kunstnijverheid
Uitgave van Het Koloniaal Instituut, 1914. Hardcover. In Dutch. Spine facing starting to split. Shalfworn with mild soiling. More
The People of the Sierra
Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1954. Hard cover. First edition. From the library of George M. Foster. Binding is exposed between back endpapers and text block, but back cover board remains attached to binding. Spine is cocked and cracked, but binding is secure. Ink inscription from previous owner on front endpaper..... More
Jerusalem: Twelve Views of the Old City
The Pro-Jerusalem Society, 1926. Hardcover. 12 B&W photo plates and title page, loose, held in a cloth cover. More
Anthropology in the South Seas: Essays Presented to H. D. Skinner
Thomas Avery & Sons Limited, 1959. Hard cover. Signed by the esteemed anthropologist H. D. Skinner. Light staining and soiling all over jacket, with some chipping on edges. Ex libris plate from previous owner on inside front cover, some discoloration along borders of end leaves. Main pages clean and unmarked..... More
Art and Empire: Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum
The British Museum Press, 2008. Soft cover. Plate from previous owner on inside front cover, as well as some scuffing from an eraser; otherwise clean and nice throughout. More
Batikkunst van Java
Rotterdam: Museum voor Land en Volkenkunde, 1962. Softcover. In Dutch. More
Een Vorstenwijding op Bali
E. J. Brill, 1947. Softcover. In Dutch. Mild shelfwear. More
Kultuurpatronen (Patterns of Culture)
Bulletin Ethnografisch Museum, 1966. Soft cover. In Dutch. Spine sunned, lightly chipped at top. Clean inside. More
Music in New Guinea: Three Studies
Martinus Nijhoff, 1967. softcover. More
Death, Property and the Ancestors: A Study of the Mortuary Customs of the Lodagaa of West Africa
Stanford University Press, 1962. Hard cover. Jacket rubbed and lightly soiled, some chipping on corners. Clean and unmarked inside. Spine slightly shaken but all pages well attached. More