Ethnographical collection from the Kiwai district of British New Guinea in the National Museum of Finland, Helsingfors (Helsinki).
first edition
1933 · Helsingfors
by Landtman, Gunnar.
Helsingfors: Commission of the Antell Collection, 1933. First edition. Very Good. 32 cm; 146 pages; map, 74 text illustrations, and 32 b/w plates. Text in English, summaries and additional title page and introductory materials in Finnish. Bound in original printed wraps, spine slightly faded, but condition is essentially fine.
Descriptive study of material and photographs of the Kiwai people of Papua New Guinea. Landtman lived among Kiwai-speaking people for two years (1910-12), during which time he collected objects while studying social structures and belief systems there. (Inventory #: 5732)
Descriptive study of material and photographs of the Kiwai people of Papua New Guinea. Landtman lived among Kiwai-speaking people for two years (1910-12), during which time he collected objects while studying social structures and belief systems there. (Inventory #: 5732)