Recording Kastom
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Recording Kastom
Edited by Anita Herle and Jude Philp, this book presents the previously unpublished journals and sketches of anthropologist Alfred Haddon from his 1888 and 1898 expeditions to the Torres Strait and New Guinea.
Alongside Haddon's own diaries and drawings, it includes a wealth of historical photographs, an introductory essay setting the material in context, and a preface written by descendants of the communities Haddon documented, reflecting on what the records ...
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Recording Kastom
Edited by Anita Herle and Jude Philp, this book presents the previously unpublished journals and sketches of anthropologist Alfred Haddon from his 1888 and 1898 expeditions to the Torres Strait and New Guinea.
Alongside Haddon's own diaries and drawings, it includes a wealth of historical photographs, an introductory essay setting the material in context, and a preface written by descendants of the communities Haddon documented, reflecting on what the records mean today.
A significant work of Pacific anthropology and history, of interest to readers researching Torres Strait Islander and New Guinean cultural heritage.
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