Author: COVARRUBIAS, M.,
Title: Island of Bali. With an Album of Photographs by Rose Covarrubias. [First U.K. printing].
Description: London-Toronto-Melbourne and Sydney, Cassell, 1937. Sout 8°, original yellow cloth with coloured decorative spine, illustration after a drawing on front cover. (xxv), 417, (xx)pp. Coloured frontispiece, 4 other coloured plates, many captioned black/white illustrations on 32 plates out-of-text photographed by Rose Covarrubias, 17 other plates in text after photographs, of which 4 coloured, many illustrations in text after drawings, folded sketch-map of Bali at front, glossary, XXpp. of index, bibliography, table of contents. An already classical monograph on Bali and her population, e.g. country, people, community, rice, work and wealth, every day life, family and kinship relations, art and artists, drama, (which includes a brief description (pp. 236-43) of the wayang kulit, the equivalent for a performance, a Dalng's ordination ceremony); Rites, Festivals and Witchcraft, Death and Cremation. Good copy. NO DUSTJACKET. (some minimal tears to folds. of sketchmap skilfully restored, modest ownership's signagure on first and second fly-leaves, corners of covers a wee bit bent).

Keywords: bali people population history ceremonies tradition culture heritage leagacy rites kinship family subsistence drama theatre festivals rituals death cremation indonesia colonialism southeast asia