Catalogue
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
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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