Carved and Painted Designs from New Guinea [Anthropology Design Series, No. 5]

Lewis, Albert Buell. Carved and Painted Designs from New Guinea [Anthropology Design Series, No. 5]. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1931. First edition. Small folio. 3, [1]pp (text), [52]pp (plates). Original illustrated wrappers. Frontispiece. Illustrated title page. This work features outstanding examples of carved and painted designs from New Guinea held in the collections of Field Museum, Chicago. The major portion of the designs illustrated in this volume are from the Papuan Gulf, and show variations of the human face or figure. Minor shelf wear. Lower front corner bumped, thus slightly affecting pages throughout. Previous owner’s name, dated 7/17/46 on fly leaf. Previous owner’s blind stamp on title page (Norman Hurst). Wrappers in overall good to good+, interior in good+ condition. g. Softcover. (35189) $45