This comprehensive compilation of Melanesian war shields illustrates more than one hundred types from all culture areas that used such objects. Barry Craig is curator of foreign ethnology at the South Australian Museum. Harry Beran, recently retired from the University of Wollongong, has written numerous publications on the art of Papua New Guinea.
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This comprehensive compilation of Melanesian war shields illustrates more than one hundred types from all culture areas that used such objects. Barry Craig is curator of foreign ethnology at the South Australian Museum. Harry Beran, recently retired from the University of Wollongong, has written numerous publications on the art of Papua New Guinea.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in a Good++ dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket has a few tears to the lower front edge, otherwise is clean and glossy, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); 3.5 lbs; Black dust jacket with photo of a shield, and title in white lettering; 2005, University of Hawaii Press; 308 pages; "Shields of Melanesia, " by Harry Beran, et al.
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Seller's Description:
Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with just minor edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards with moderate edgewear to the corners; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are bright and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75"-11.75" tall); Black dust jacket with photo of a shield, and title in white lettering; 2005, University of Hawaii Press; 308 pages; "Shields of Melanesia, " by Harry Beran, et al.
