Author: Chauvet, Stéphen.
Title: Les arts indigènes en Nouvelle-Guinée. [First edition].
Description: Paris, Société d'Éditions Géographiques, Maritimes et Coloniales, 1930. [6],350,[1] pp. B./w. text-ills, 1 fold. b./w. map & over 114 plts with [486] b./w. ills. Re-bound in modern hardcover (light brown cloth without print, orig. front cover preserved). 4to. - Edges of pages trifle frayed, otherwise fine.Still a good original copy of the first edition. - Rather rare. -- Stéphen-Charles Chauvet (1885-1950), commonly known as Dr. Stéphen Chauvet, was a French physician, specialist, and collector of traditional arts from Africa and Oceania, contributing significantly to their recognition in France. He wrote about African art, African music, the medicine of indigenous peoples, and the arts of New Guinea.

Keywords: Ethnography New-Guinea Native Art Australia Oceania New Guinea Etnografie Nieuw-Guinea Primitieve kunst Australië Oceanië Nieuw-Guinea