Author: BERGMAN, STEN,
Title: Stenalder Och Grön Urskog. [First original swedish language edition of:Through primitive New Guinea...].
Description: Stockholom, A;lbert Bonniers, 1954. Stout 8°. Original clothbacked black-white patterne panels. Two gilded title labels on spine. Hftitle (verso listing author's other publications). 252pp. Coloured plate featuring a Papua Clan chief in ceromonial dress, many captioned monochrome illustrations on 32 plates after author's photographs, featuring a variety of Papuan clan members, males, females and children, local fishing vessels, and a variety of fauna species, double page sketch-map of New Guinea, table of latin names to species, table of contents. Autographed copy in english on recte of f.e.p. Original and first Swedish language edition by which Results of author's [zoological] expedition 1948-1950 in the Australian madate territory of Papua New Guinea, Kapauku Papuan District, focused upon local mammals, including the occurrance of birds, with i.a. notes on the local population, anthropology, life-cycle and daily life, custions and religious beliefs, society and villages, agriculture, &c. Very good copy of the first german language edition. Very fine copy of this first edition. AUTOGRAPHED COPY. no dustjacket.

Keywords: svensk autographed pauanewguinea mandate territory expedition fauna culture anthropology clans tribes papuans kapauku district research naturalhistory birds expedition swedish southeastasia oceania me