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Dr. Jacques Faivre
“Cranes Melanesiens et des Nouvelles-Hebrides” (Skulls from Melanesia and New Hebrides)
decorated skulls from the collection of Dr. Jacques Faivre, Paris
$395
Item Details
Paris, Dr. Jacques Faivre, (ca. 1990's), Ring-binding
First and only edition, ver good +
no publisher, no year, (probably issued ca. 1990's), 12.5 - 8", 10 pages text in FRENCH, 7 pages with 2 tipped-in photos of a skull each, plus text concerning the skull shown. Ring-binding with clear front cover and cardboard rear cover. Plastic cover with some age-browning on top. Pages and photos FINE
Rare catalogue of collection of Dr. Jacques Faivre, Paris, titled “Cranes Melanesiens et des Nouvelles-Hebrides”.
“(…) What's special in Melanesia and the New Hebrides is the over-modeling of the skull, i.e. the skull of the dead is recovered and the features of the dead are reproduced on the skull with clay, or with the help of a vegetable paste.”
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