Artefacts from the Solomon Islands in the Julius L. Brenchley Collection
Deborah B. Waite
Published for the Trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications Limited. 1987, 94 pp, 14pp full of artifacts.
Hardcover. Condition: vg. First edition. Quarto. 94pp. [16] plates. Original illustrated orange dustjacket over black cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Catalog presents the material from the Julius L. Brenchley collection in typological groups with an introductory essay for each group with information about the cultural role the artifacts had on the islands. The b/w photographs of the artifacts on plates in back of the book are numbered and referred to with this number in the text. Appendix and bibliography make this a practical academic resource. DJ, binding and interior are in good condition. Book has protective plastic cover.