Title Bones of the ancestors : the Ambum Stone : from the New Guinea Highlands to the antiquities market to Australia / Brian Egloff

Published Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, [2008] ©2008

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Description x, 278 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Enga (Papua New Guinean people) -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. Ambum Stone. Enga (Papua New Guinean people) -- Claims. Enga (Papua New Guinean people) -- Ethnic identity. Figurines, Prehistoric -- Social aspects -- Case studies. Cultural property -- Protection -- Social aspects -- Case studies. Cultural property -- Protection -- Political aspects -- Case studies. Art dealers -- Corrupt practices -- Case studies. Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Case studies. SUBJECT Papua New Guinea -- Antiquities http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85097690 -- Collection and preservation. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005228 Genre/Form Case studies. LC no. 2007031220 ISBN 9780759111592 (cloth : alk. paper) 0759111596 (cloth : alk. paper)

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