Man As Art: New Guinea - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081180478X ISBN 13: 9780811804783

Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc, 1993

Synopsis

Kirk, Malcolm / Strathern, Andrew. Man as Art - New Guinea. [With an essay by Andrew Strathern: Dress, Decoration and Art in New Guinea]. Photographs by Malcolm Kirk. San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 1993. Quarto. 144 pages with photographs throughout the whole book. Original Softcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Private giftinscription !

About this title

From Library Journal:

Originally published as a $45 hardcover in 1981, this book is essentially a collection of photographs of New Guinea natives decked out in their finest paint, feathers, and jewelry. They use their own bodies as a canvas on which to create art. A lengthy introduction by anthropologist Andrew Strathern explaining the significance of self-decoration, however, makes this volume more than just an interesting browse. "As scholarly a work as it is beautiful" ( LJ 12/1/81), this is a worthy addition to both photography and anthropology collections.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books Llc
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 081180478X
• ISBN 13: 9780811804783
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144