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An anthropologist in Papua : the photography of F.E. Williams, 1922-39 / Michael W. Young and Julia Clark.

Penn Museum Library DU744.3 Y68 2001
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Young, Michael W., 1937-
Contributor:
Clark, Julia, 1949-
Class of 1924 Book Fund.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Williams, Frank E.
Anthropology--Papua New Guinea.
Anthropology.
Anthropology--Papua New Guinea--Pictorial works.
Papuans.
Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea--Pictorial works.
Papuans--Pictorial works.
Genre:
Pictorial works.
Illustrated works.
Physical Description:
x, 307 pages : illustrations, 9 maps ; 27 cm
Place of Publication:
Honolulu : University of Hawaiʻi Press ; Hindmarsh, S. Aust. : Crawford House Pub., [2001]
Summary:
This book is a pictorial celebration of the work of a brilliant ethnographer who spent the entirety of his working career as Government Anthropologist in the Australian Territory of Papua. One of the aims of An Anthropologist in Papua is to document through Williams' photographs and his words the sheer variety of his ethnographic discoveries and fieldwork experiences.
Contents:
Purari, Delta Division 63
Orokaiva, Northern Division 87
Suau, Eastern Division 113
Morehead (Keraki), Western Division 129
Abau District, Eastern Division 151
Elema, Gulf Division 161
The stage and the actors 165
The drama: Kovave 193
The drama: Hevehe 199
Lake Kutubu, Delta Division 221
Foi, Mubi River 257
'Grasslanders' 267
'Grasslanders', Augu Valley 269
'Grasslanders', Wela Valley 281.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-298) and index.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Class of 1924 Book Fund.
ISBN:
0824825284
OCLC:
49279819

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