Author: J. H. Holmes
Title: In Primitive New Guinea: An Account of a Quarter of a Century Spent Amongst the Primitive Ipi & Namau Groups of Tribes of the Gulf of Papua, with an Interesting Description of Their Manners of Living, the Customs & Habits, Feasts & Festivals, Totems & Cults
Description: London, Seeley Service & Co. Ltd, 1924. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this scarce anthropological work on the tribes of Papua New Guinea, with illustrations. First edition. Scarce work. Illustrated with frontispiece and seventeen plates, one of which is folding. With many in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and descriptive survey of the Ipi and Namau tribes of New Guinea, with chapters on monogamy, marriage, motherhood, domestic life, occupations, masks, art, totemism, feasts, festivals, spirits, sorcery, folk-lore, rituals, hunting, cooking, and much more. Written by J. H. Holmes, a British correspondent for the Royal Anthropological Institute. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. In the original orange cloth binding. Externally, smart with light shelf wear and minor rubbing to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and the odd mark to the board. Front hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and light age toning to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .

Keywords: Primitive New Guinea Tribes Holmes New Guinea Not Stated


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