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Gunnar Landtman in Papua: 1910 to 1912

by David Lawrence, Pirjo Varjola

  • Paperback
  • Publisher: ANU Press
  • 17.7 x 25 x 1.6 cm

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Despite poverty and neglect the coastal Kiwai of the northern Torres Strait and Fly estuary are a strong and vibrant people with a long tradition of work in the marine industries of the Torres Strait. Regrettably their current social, economic and political problems are marginal to both Papua New Guinea and Australia. Gunnar Landtman's research, undertaken between 1910 and 1912, is still a foundation stone for understanding the position of the Kiwai today. In those two years in Papua, Landtman managed to record a large collection of valuable legends and stories, many of which are still told today. He travelled widely throughout the Torres Strait, the southwest coast of Papua and the Fly estuary and even to the Gulf District. He made a comprehensive collection of Kiwai material culture now housed in the Museum of Cultures in Helsinki and a second, duplicate set for the Cambridge Museum. He also collected some of the earliest examples of Gogodala material culture available for research. In 1913, he published, Nya Guinea f
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  • Author

    David Lawrence

  • Book Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    ANU Press

  • Published

    January 2010

  • Weight

    527g

  • Dimensions

    17.7 x 25 x 1.6 cm

  • ISBN

    9781921666124

  • ISBN-10

    1921666129

  • Eden Code

    6211573

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