[1st ed] Records of the American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land, Volume 1: Art, Myth and Symbolism
Academic account of a scientific expedition organized and led by Charles P. Mountford, an Australian anthropologist known for his pioneering work on Indigenous Australians, and jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and the Commonwealth of Australia. Edited and co-written by Mountford and published by Melbourne University Press in 1956. The expedition spent seven continuous months in the field, gathering over 13,500 plant specimens, 50,000 fish, 850 birds, 460 animals, and several thousand aboriginal implements and weapons. Volume I of four volumes, concerned with native art and culture. First edition, large 8vo, hardcover with printed dust jacket, 513 pages with 68 figures and 157 plates plus 2 color plates. Slight lean to spine. Gentle bumping to extremities. Light glue burn to pastedown. Limited ink stains to bottom edge. Light bumping and rubbing to price-clipped dj.
Academic account of a scientific expedition organized and led by Charles P. Mountford, an Australian anthropologist known for his pioneering work on Indigenous Australians, and jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and the Commonwealth of Australia. Edited and co-written by Mountford and published by Melbourne University Press in 1956. The expedition spent seven continuous months in the field, gathering over 13,500 plant specimens, 50,000 fish, 850 birds, 460 animals, and several thousand aboriginal implements and weapons. Volume I of four volumes, concerned with native art and culture. First edition, large 8vo, hardcover with printed dust jacket, 513 pages with 68 figures and 157 plates plus 2 color plates. Slight lean to spine. Gentle bumping to extremities. Light glue burn to pastedown. Limited ink stains to bottom edge. Light bumping and rubbing to price-clipped dj.
Academic account of a scientific expedition organized and led by Charles P. Mountford, an Australian anthropologist known for his pioneering work on Indigenous Australians, and jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute and the Commonwealth of Australia. Edited and co-written by Mountford and published by Melbourne University Press in 1956. The expedition spent seven continuous months in the field, gathering over 13,500 plant specimens, 50,000 fish, 850 birds, 460 animals, and several thousand aboriginal implements and weapons. Volume I of four volumes, concerned with native art and culture. First edition, large 8vo, hardcover with printed dust jacket, 513 pages with 68 figures and 157 plates plus 2 color plates. Slight lean to spine. Gentle bumping to extremities. Light glue burn to pastedown. Limited ink stains to bottom edge. Light bumping and rubbing to price-clipped dj.
