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Roosevelt University, 1960. 1st ed. Very Good. Very good/no DJ.
Kundi Dan: Dan Leahy's Life among the Highlanders of Papua New Guinea by Fowke, John - 1995
by Fowke, John
Kundi Dan: Dan Leahy's Life among the Highlanders of Papua New Guinea
by Fowke, John
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Brisbane: Southseas Press, 1995. 250pp, index, bibliography. Pictorial card covers. As new. In 1933 young gold seekers Dan and Mick Leahy chanced upon the Wahgi Valley in highland PNG discovering a tribal people undisturbed for thousands of years. Dan Leahy went on to establish a home, farming in the remote Mt Hagen region and marrying in tribal custom. Dan's story is told here including the war years, the lead-up to self-government and independence, and the cultural and social upheaval which followed, against the rich backdrop of tribal custom and belief.. First Thus. Soft Cover. Fine. 8vo.
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- ISBN 13 9780702226465
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- Place of Publication Brisbane
- Date Published 1995
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- Keywords Papua New Guinea Gold Mining Biography Coffee Leahy Hagen Bena Bena Wahgi PNG
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Songs of Work and Freedom
by Fowke, Edith And Glazler, John
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Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution 1891-'92
by Powell, John W., Director; Holmes William Henry; Fowke, Gerard; Mindeleff, Cosmos; Cushing, Frank Hamilton
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Washington, D.C.: Bureau of American Ethnology/Smithsonian Institution, 1896. Ex-library copy, minimally stamped and marked, no labels or pockets. Faint foxing and some ink spots. Otherwise textblock is clean and tight. Faded grey or brown top page edges. Slightly rubbed, olive green cloth, gilt stamped decoration on front cover and down spine, decorative border on head and foot of spine and to cover, publishers stamped back cover, lightly bumped corners and some wear to the head and foot of spine, several white stains on back cover. 462pp., including index. In this issue: Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States, by William Henry Holmes; Stone Art by Gerard Fowke; Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona, by Cosmos Mindeleff; Casa Grande Ruin, by Cosmos Mindeleff; Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths, by Frank Hamilton Cushing; . Olive Green Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Photographs/Plates/Diagrams. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library Copy/Hardcover.
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Thirteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1891-'92 Ex Camden Library Association copy VG EXTRA POSTAGE as book weighs 6.75+ lbs.
by Powell, J., (John), W,.(Wesley), William Henry Holmes, Gerard Fowke, Cosmos Mindeleff, J. Owen Dorsey and Frank Hamilton Cushing
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Washington D. C.: Government Printing Office, 1896. Hardcover. VG Very Good/No dust jacket. Demy folio, [27.75cm/11inches], full gilt-embossed olive-coloured cloth sans dust jacket, pp. lix, 462. Illustrated with 60, -[LX]-, plates and 330 sketches, &tc. incorporated within the text. Please feel free to inquire as to particulars and/or additional photographs. Accompanying papers include: Prehistoric Textile Art of Eastern United States by William Henry Holmes ... Stone Art by Gerard Fowke ... Aboriginal Remains in Verde Valley, Arizona by Cosmos Mindeleff ... Omaha Dwellings,Furniture, and Implements by J. Owen Dorsey ,,, Casa Grande Ruin by Cosmos Mindeleff ... Outlines of Zuni Creation Myths by Frank Hamilton Cushing.
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