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Record Nr.

UNINA9910796565303321

Titolo

The things we value : culture and history in Solomon Islands / / edited by Ben Burt and Lissant Bolton

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Canon Pyon, [England] : , : Sean Kingston Publishing, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-907774-74-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 pages) : color illustrations, maps

Disciplina

306.099593

Soggetti

Solomon Islanders - History

Solomon Islanders - Social life and customs

Cultural property - Solomon Islands - History

Material culture - Solomon Islands - History

Art, Solomon Islands - History

Wood-carving - Solomon Islands - History

Ethnology - Solomon Islands

Conference papers and proceedings.

History

Solomon Islands History Congresses

Solomon Islands Antiquities Congresses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Solomon Islands artefact traditions and their historical transformation / Ben Burt and Lissant Bolton -- Santa Cruz feather-money / Salome Samou -- Kesa and other shell valuables from Choiseul / Rhys Richards -- Shell valuables and history in Roviana and Vella Lavella / Peter J. Sheppard and Richard Walter -- Traditional money and artefacts in Malaita / Michael Kwa'ioloa -- Bata : the adaptable shell-money of Langalanga, Malaita / Pei-yi Guo -- Clan valuables of Guadalcanal / Jackson Gege -- Collecting Makira : Kakamora stones, shrine stones and the grounds for things in Arosi / Michael Scott -- Some family treasures of Santa Isabel / Evelyn Tetehu -- Regenerating local arts at the Kwaio Cultural Centre / David Akin -- War canoes of the western



Solomons / Edvard Hviding -- The trade in wood carvings from Aorigi, Makira / Sandra Revolon -- Artistic Bellona in the contemporary art of Solomon Islands / Jari Kupiainen.