WAR ART & RITUAL. SHIELDS FROM THE PACIFIC. 2 Vols.

Evans, Bill. (Ed.).

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Vol. 1. Island Southeast Asia: 236 pp.; illus., maps, index. Vol. 2. Melanesia: 484 pp.; illus., maps, index. Boxed. 2 Vols. Standard work on Shields from Island Indonesia and Melanesia.

book nr. 14099                 € 195,00

Vol. 1: 3 essays. 1. 'Shields: an appreciation' by Andrew Tavarelli. 2. 'Dayak Shields: Courting and Defying Death' by Steven G. Alpert. 3. 'Dance Shields of Bali: A Legacy of Majapahit' by Robyn Maxwell. Vol. 2: 5 essays. 1. 'Why Paint Shields?' by Harry Beran. 2. 'Subsistence Strategies, Settlement Patterns and the Form and use of War Shields in the Sepik, Mandang, and Highlands regions of Papua New Guinea' by Barry Craig. 3. 'Ol Samting Bilong Pait Igat Ai/The Weapons of War Haye Eyes: Modern Shields of the Wahgi Valley' by Natalie Wilson. 4. 'Thoughts upon Elema Shields' by Crispin Howarth. 5. 'Eyes that Watch: Shields from Island Melanesia' by Kevin Conru. 'Haye Eyes: Modern Shields of the Wahgi Valley' by Natalie Wilson.