Author: Numelin, Ragnar
Title: Native Contacts and Diplomacy: The History of Intertribal Relations in Australia and Oceania
Description: Helsinki, Societas Scientiarum Fennica, 1967. orig. wrappers. 25x17cm, 181 pp, Series: Societas Scientiarum Fennica, Commentationes Humanarum Litterarum, Vol. 41, Nr. 1.. Textual map.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Introduction; The Australian Tribe; The Society in Aboriginal Australia and Oceania; Contacts Through Conflict; Stranger and Hospitality:Intertribal Visits and Meetings; Intertribal Contacts; The Credentials of the Messengers and Envoys; Peace Negotiators and War Emissaries; Peace Symbols & Peacemaking Ceremonies; Tabooed Places and Times; Secret Societies; Trade Relations.

Keywords: Political Anthropology, Australian Tribal, Aborigine Sociology, Aborigines Tribe, Aboriginal History, Australia Ethnology, Diplomacy Oceania, Ethnography, Intertribal Tribes