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Head hunters black and white : three collectors in the western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914

documentary heritage
  • Description

    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.

  • Place
  • Other Id

    DU850 RIC (Library of Congress Call Number)

    89321 (Cat ID)

    89161 (Presto content ID)

  • Department

Images and documents

Catalogue

  • Object Type
  • Name/Title
    Head hunters black and white : three collectors in the western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914
  • Primary Maker
  • Contributor/Publisher
    Paremata Press
  • Place
  • Date
    2012
  • Physical Description

    266 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 22 cm

  • ISBN/ISSN
    9780473226794
  • Level of Current Record
    Bib record
  • Member Object

    1 item in this collection. View all items.

  • Content
    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 officer collecting 'museum objects' in 1901 -- VI. Mbatu-mbatu, the Tomoko war canoe looted from Kombukota -- VII. Headhunters black and white -- VIII. A scholar collecting information on Simbo in 1908.
  • Public Access Text

    [Keywords: Officer, Graham--Diaries; Headhunters; Museum collections; Solomon Islanders--History--19th century; Solomon Islands - History - 19th century; Solomon Islands - Antiquities - Collectors and collecting]

    Includes the Diary of Graham Officer, Collector of Museum Objects in the Solomon Islands in 1901 for Museum Victoria in Melbourne. Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-261) and index.

  • Collection Type
    Reading Room
  • Copyright
    All rights reserved
  • Last Update
    16 Dec 2023
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