Material Culture of Western Samoa
Wellington: National Museum of New Zealand, 1985. First edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 66pp. Original illustrated boards with brown lettering on cover and spine. "Traditional materiel culture in both Western and Eastern (American) Samoa has been described in minute detail by Buck (1930).... The primary aim of my project was to describe the changes in material culture since Buch's time, then to examine the contemporary range and role of material culture in its social and cultural context, and finally from this to discern something of the process and directions of change in material culture." (author) Illustrated with b/w photographs, at time b/w/copies, diagrams and drawings throughout. Blind stamp on title page. Block lightly age-toned. Binding and interior in overall very good condition. vg. Item #35162
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