F. E. Williams; Sir Hubert Murray — Orokaiva Society

London, Oxford University Press, 1930. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this illustrated study of the Orokaiva society of Papua New Guinea. First edition. Illustrated with frontispiece, thirty-four plates, one of which is folding, and twenty-five figures in the text. Collated complete. A comprehensive and detailed study of the Orokaiva People of Papua New Guinea, with reference to their daily life, hunting, family and clan, marriage, warfare, ceremonies, dance and drama, medicine, magic, spirituality, and life after death. Written by Francis Edgar Williams, an Australian anthropologist who worked for the government in the Territory of Papua for twenty years. With an introduction by Sir Hubert Murray, a judge and Lieutenant-Governor of Papua. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, very smart with light shelf wear to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean. Age toning to the endpapers. Contemporary ink inscription to the front endpaper. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good Indeed .