About this title: New Guinea is home to more than a 1000 Stone Age tribes, each with its own language, customs and folklore which have changed little in 40,000 years. In eight trips over ten years, photographer Chris Rainier has travelled to the island to document the lives and rituals of the indigenous peoples. The result is this photographic record, showing the cultural distinctions of each tribe. Short essays accompany the photographs throughout, describing the adventures behind them. Traditions and celebrations captured include crocodile cults, ritualized costuming and tattooing, homosexual rites, sing ...
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Description: Very good. 1996 Bullfinch Press oversized hardcover. Dust jacket has mild edge wear, light scratches, and tiny tears at the back spine corners; else clean and solid, w. tight binding and crisp, unmarked pages. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bulfinch Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780821222614ISBN:0821222619
Description: Near Fine in Near Fine jacket. First edition, hardcover, a Near Fine copu in a dustjacket which has two tiny scuffs to the front spinefold, but which is otherwise Near Fine. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Bulfinch Press, New York
Date Published: 1996
ISBN-13:9780821222614ISBN:0821222619
Description: Fine Condition in Fine Condition DJ. Essay by Meg Taylor. Forest Stories by Chris Rainier. Illustrated with a map and 107 duotones. First edition. Fine condition in fine dust jacket. read more
Description: Cloth-cov. bds. Mint/Mint. First Ed. Sq folio. Essay by Meg Taylor; Forest Stories by Chris Rainier. Incredible photos of the people of New Guinea, splendidly reproduced. read more
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