Melanesien, Schwarze Inseln der Sudsee: Eine Ausstellung des Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museums fur Vokerkunde der Stadt Koln
Köln: Kunsthalle Köln, 1971. Softcover. Glossy black wraps with color illus. and red/white lettering. 223 pp. with 12 color plates and 454 bw illus. Fair-Poor. Covers soiled and with (repaired) tears to head/tail of spine and back cover. Pages 101-22 detached but in place. Ffep foxed. Otherwise, clean, tight interior and still a very usable catalogue for reading, reference, or research. Item #147547
Text in German. Chapters include The Islands and Their Discovery; The Melanesians - Yesterday and Today; Religion und Society; Art and Artists; Culture and Regional Styles of Melanesia. With a list of works in the exhibition, and list of literature. Includes maps, bw photos of the islands and native inhabitants, extensive images of weapons, masks, totems, all sorts of other carvings and arts and ritual masking celebrations. A complex and comprehensive catalogue with thorough text.
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