Head hunters black and white : three collectors in the western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914 / Rhys R...
Head hunters black and white : three collectors in the western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914 / Rhys R...
Head hunters black and white : three collectors in the western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914 / Rhys Richards ; and The Diary of Graham Officer, Collector of Museum Objects in the Solomon Islands in 1901 for Museum Victoria in Melbourne.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Wellington, New Zealand Paremata Press, 2012.
Call Numbers
H 2013/2119
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
266 pages : illustrations (some coloured), maps, portraits, facsimilies ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
still image
cartographic image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
I. A gentleman, an officer & a scholar : 3 collectors in 2 decades of change -- II. The context : a very short history of the western Solomons before 1914 -- III. Twenty British collections : what 10,000 can teach us now -- IV. A gentleman warrior collecting 'war trophies' from 1899 to 1903 -- V. An...
Publication information
Publisher
Wellington, New Zealand Paremata Press, 2012.
Date Published
2012.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Describes the collecting practices and collections of three collectors in late nineteenth to early twentieth century Solomon Islands. Collectors Arthur Mahaffy, Graham Officer and Arthur Hocart demonstrated different approaches to both collecting and the local people that they interacted with.
Alternative Titles
Full title
Head hunters black and white : three collectors in the western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914 / Rhys Richards ; and The Diary of Graham Officer, Collector of Museum Objects in the Solomon Islands in 1901 for Museum Victoria in Melbourne.
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Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Includes bibliographic references (pages 252-261) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
H 2013/2119
Record Identifier
74VKZQ56B3rO
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKZQ56B3rO
Other Identifiers
ISBN
0473226790 (paperback)
9780473226794 (paperback)
DDC
995.93
MMS ID
991018772559702626
