Les Papous: Peintures Corporelles, Parures et Masques

by Malcolm Kirk, Andrew Strathern, Photographs by

$45 · Offered by Eric Chaim Kline Bookseller

Paris: Chêne / Hachette, 1981. First French edition. Hardcover. Folio. 143, 1 pp. Original photo-illustrated dust-jacket over cloth, with white lettering on spine. Stunning pictorial essay of face painting in Papua New Guinea. This work features an impressive collection of photographs of New Guinea natives decked out in their finest paint, feathers, and jewelry. They use their own bodies as a canvas on which to create art.

• Binding: Hardcover

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