Representations of Art and Arts of Representation

The Traffic in Culture: Refiguring Art and Anthropology. George E. Marcus and Fred R. Myers. eds. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1995. 380 pp.
The Death of Authentic Primitive Art and Other Tales of Progress. Shelly Errington. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1998. 309 pp.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Prehistory of Australia. By D. J. Mulvaney Aboriginal Habitat and Economy. By Roger Lawrence The Aborigines of Tasmania. By H. Ling Roth. F. King and Sons The Dreamtime. Australian Aboriginal Myths in Paintings. By Ainslie Roberts with text by Charles P. Mountford The Aboriginal Languages of the Southwest of Australia. By Wilfred H. Douglas The Languages of Victoria: A Late Survey. By Luise A. Hercus A Survey of New Guinea Languages. By A. Capell Korwars and Korwar Style: Art and Ancestor Worship in North-West New Guinea. By Th. P. van Baaren Pigs for the Ancestors. By Roy A. Rappaport Capitalism, Primitive and Modern. By T. Scarlett Epstein Eskimos of the Nushagak River. By James W. Van Stone Under the Bo Tree: Studies in Caste, Kinship and Marriage in the Interior of Ceylon. By Nur Yalman The Indians in Uganda, Caste and Sect in a Plural Society. By H. S. Morris Visual Anthropology: Photography as a Research Method. By John Collier Culture and Ageing. By Margaret Clarke and Barbara G. Anderson. Charles C. Thomas, Illinois Culture in Process. By Alan R. Beals Selected Studies in Marriage and the Family. Edited by Robert F. Winch and Louis Wolf Goodman New Zealand Archaeological Association Newsletter. Background to Evolution in Africa. Edited by Walter W. Bishop and J. Desmond Clark The History of Man. By Carleton S. Coon The Human Species. By Frederick S. Hulse The Birth of Indian Civilization.     

Hair in African Art and Culture

Hair in African Art and Culture. The Museum for African Art, New York, February 9–May 28, 2000 (review venue); Apex Museum, Atlanta, July–September 2000; Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, October–December 2000; Museum of African American History, Detroit, January–April 2001; California African American Museum, Los Angeles, May–August 2001.
Hair in African Art and Culture. Roy Sieber and Frank Herreman. eds. New York: The Museum for African Art; Munich, London, New York: Prestel, 2000. 192 pp.     

BOOK REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: Bain Attwood and Fiona Magowan (eds) . Telling Stories: Indigenous History and Memory in Australia and New Zealand. Piya Chatterjee . A Time For Tea: Women, Labor, and Post/Colonial Politics on an Indian Plantation. Jean and John L. Comaroff (eds) . Millennial Capitalism and the Culture of Neoliberalism. Michael Humphrey . The Politics of Atrocity and Reconciliation: From Terror to Trauma. S. Jaarsma and Marta Rohatynskyj (eds) . Ethnographic Artifacts: Challenges to a Reflexive Anthropology. Gaynor Kavanagh . Dream Spaces: Memory and Museum. Fred R. Myers . Painting Culture: The Making of an Aboriginal High Art. Nigel A. Stephenson . Kastom or Komuniti: A Study of Social Process and Change among the Wam People, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea. Ida Susser and Thomas C. Patterson (eds) . Cultural Diversity in the United States: A Critical Reader. Elizabeth Wood‐Ellem . Queen Salote of Tonga: The Story of an Era, 1900–1965. Michael W. Young and Julia Clark . An Anthropologist in Papua: The Photography of F. E. Williams, 1922–39.     

Hip-Hop: The Culture, the Sound, the Science; One Planet under a Groove: Hip-Hop and Contemporary Art

Hip-Hop: The Culture, the Sound, the Science. The Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. January 18–May 27, 2002.
One Planet under. Groove: Hip-Hop and Contemporary Art. The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY. October 26, 2001—March 3, 2002; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, July 14–October 13, 2002; Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Atlanta, GA, Spring 2003.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: New Guinea art In the collection of the Museum of Primitive Art. By Douglas Newton Wow-Ipits: Eight Asmat Woodcarvers of New Guinea. By Adrian A. Gerbrands Ethnomuslcology of the Flathead Indians. By Alan P. Merriam Beyond History: The Methods of Prehistory. By Bruce G. Trigger A Study of Archaeology. By Walter W. Taylor Atlas of African Prehistory. Compiled by J. Desmond Clark Aboriginal Technology — Some evidence from Kurnell Peninsula, Botany Bay. By F. P. Dickson Results of an Archaeological Survey of the Southern Region of Moreton Bay and of Moreton Island (1963–1964). By V. V. Ponosov Winbaraku and the Myth of Jarapiri. By C. P. Mountford Aboriginal Place Names of South-east Australia and their meanings. By Aldo Massola The Fatal Impact: an account of the invasion of the South Pacific 1767–1840. By Alan Moorehead Bedouin of the Negev. By Emanuel Marx The Gypsies. By Jean-Paul Clébert The Hutterites in North America. By John A. Exchange and Power in Social Life. By Peter M. Blau. John Wiley & Sons Social Stratification. By Melvin M. Tumin The Stages of Human Evolution-Human and Cultural Origins. By C. Loring Brace. Oceanic Mythology: The Myths of Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia. By Roslyn Poignant. Paul Hamlyn Aboriginal Relationships Between Culture and Plant Life in The Upper Great Lakes Region. By Richard Asa Yarnell Wildpflanzen in der Ernahrung der Grundbevolkerung Melanesiens. By Barbara Treide. Veröffentlichungen des Museums für Völkerkunde zu Leipzig Heft 16. Akademie-Verlag, Berlin Southern Exposure. By Donald Home and David Beal Prehistoric Men. By Robert J. Braidwood Man-Apes or Ape-Men? By Sir Wilfred E. Le Gros Clark     

On methods in hare Indian ethnology — a. rejoinder

Prelude to East African History, a collection of papers given at the First East African Vacation School in Pre‐European African History and Archaeology in December 1962, Merrick Posnansky, editor, Student's Library, Oxford University Press, London 1966. 186 pp., 9 s. 6 d.

Ethiopian Music. An Introduction. A Survey of Ecclesiastical and Secular Ethiopian Music and Instruments. Michael Powne. Oxford University Press, London 1966. xix+160 pp., 11 pl., 5 figs., 36 music ex. 1 map. Price 42 s. ‐ 2nd edition. London 1968. Price 45 s.

An Africans Religion. The Spirit of Nyajena. Case History of a Karanga People. Michael Gelfand. Juta &; Co., Limited. Cape Town, Wynberg, Johannesburg 1966. 135 pp. 1 Karte, Illustr. Price 37 s 6 d.

Mkhas Grub Rje's Fundamentals of the Buddhist Tantras. Ferdinand D. Lessing and Alex Wayman. Rgyud sde spyihi rnam par gzag pa rgyas par brjod. The Hague, Paris. 1968.

A Ceremonial Ox of India: The Mithan in Nature, Culture, and History. Frederick J. Simoons. University of Wisconsin Press Ltd., London 1968. 323 pp., pr. 104 s. 6 d.

Dor el Gussa und Gebel ben Ghnema. Zur nachpluvialen Besiedlungsgeschichte des Ostfezzan. Ergebnisse der Frobenius‐Expedition nach libyen 1963/64. Helmut Ziegert. Veröffentlichung des Frobenius‐Institutes Frankfurt. F. Steiner Verlag. Wiesbaden 1967. X+94 S. m. 19 Abb., 203 Taf., 3 Karten. Gebunden. DM 66: ‐.

Archäologische Untersuchungen am Mittleren Amazonas. Beiträge zur Vorgeschichte des südamerikanischen Tieflandes. Peter Paul Hilbert. Marburger Studien zur Völkerkunde I. Dietrich Reimer Verlag, Berlin 1968. 164 Abb., 11 Karten, 337 Seiten. Preis DM 60:‐.

Bibliography of Benin Art. Paula Ben‐Amos. Primitive Art Bibliographies. No. VI. The Museum of Primitive Art. New York 1968, 27 pp.

Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion. 1966. 176 pp. Price 30 s.

The Social Anthropology of Complex Societies. 1966. 156 pp. Price 30 s. A.S.A. Monographs 3 and 4. Michael Banton (general editor). Tavistock Publications. London.

Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology. George and Louise Spindler (general editors). Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Toronto, London.

Changing Japan. Edward Norbeck. 1965. 82 pp., 1 map, 1 pl.

The Dusun. A North Borneo Society. Thomas Rhys Williams. 1965. 100 pp., 1 pl., 1 map.

Understanding an African Kingdom: Bunyoro. John Beatty. New York … 1965. 61 pp., 1 map.

Bunyoro. An African Kingdom. John Beatty. New York … 1960. 86 pp., 1 pl., 1 map.     

The Peabody Museum, Frederic W. Putnam, and the Rise of U.S. Anthropology, 1866-1903

This article explores the intersection of the career of Frederic Ward Putnam with the Peabody Museum of American Archaeology and Ethnology at Harvard to the history of U.S. archaeology between his appointment as professor in 1866 and his death in 1915. Putnam was also active in institutional developments at Chicago, Berkeley, and New York. [Keywords: Frederic Ward Putnam, U.S. archaeology, Peabody Museum]     

Book Reviews*

The Ieland of Menatruating Men: Religion in Wogeo, New Guinea. By Ian Hogbin Anthropology in Oceania: Essays presented to Ian Hogbin. Edited by L. R. Hiatt and C. Jaywardena Habu: The Innovation of Meaning in Daribi Religion. By Roy Wagner The Chimbu: A Study of Change in the New Guinea Highlands. By Paula Brown Physical Anthropology of the Eastern Highlands of New Guinea. By R. A. Littlewood Change and Development in Rural Melanesia. Edited by Marion Ward A Study in Structural Semantics: The Siriono Kinship System. By Harold W. Scheffler and Floyd G. Lounsbury Three Styles in the Study of Kinship. By J. A. Barnes Socialization: The Approach from Social Anthropology. Edited by Philip Mayer Primitive Law, Past and Present. By A. S. Diamond The Translation of Culture: Essays to E. E. Evans-Pritchard. Edited by T. O. Beidelman Essays on the Caste Syetem. By Celestin Bouglé Religious Experience: its nature and function in the human psyche. By Walter Houston Clark Man for Humanity. On Concordance vs Discord in Human Behavior. Edited by H Masserman and J. J. Schwab. Charles C. Thomas The Emergence of Man. By John E. Pfeiffer Papers in Economic Prehistory: Studies by Members and Associates of the British Academy Major Research Project in the Early History of Agriculture. Edited by E. S. Higgs Yirawala, Artist and Man. By Sandra le Brun Holmes Science and Archaeology. Edited by Robert H. Brill Tongues of Men and Angela. By William J. Samarin. Macmillan Biology: A Search for Order in Complexity. By J. N. Moore and H. S. Slusher Moko: or Maori Tattooing. By H. G. Robley. Chapman and Hall Frozen Tombs: the Pazyryk Burials of Iron-Age Horsemen. By Sergei I. Rudenko Anthropology for our Times. By Lois Brauer Cover     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
General/Theoretical: The Fishing Culture of the World: Studies in Ethnology, Cultural Ecology and Folklore, Vol. 1.
General/Theoretical: The Fishing Culture of the World: Studies in Ethnology, Cultural Ecology and Folklore, Vol. 2.     

The life of Milaraspa in a picture series: A preliminary survey

Irrigation's Impact on Society. Theodore E. Downing &; McGuire Gibson (eds.), Anthropological Papers of The University of Arizona Number 25. Tucson, 1974, 181 pp.

Women: An Anthropological View. Evelyn S. Kessler. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York etc. 1976, 267 pp.

A History of Ethnology. Fred W. Voget. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York etc. 1975. ix + 879 pp. US $ 17.95.

Music in the Culture of Northern Afghanistan. Mark Slobin. Viking Fund Publications in Anthropology 54. Tucson: The University of Arizona press 1976. xiv + 297 pp., 8 maps, 56 illustrations, bibliography and index.

Java‐Masken. Der Tanz auf einem Bein. Heinz Lucas. Erich Röth Verlag. Kassel. 1973, pp. 347, ill.     

The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994.

The Short Century: Independence and Liberation Movements in Africa, 1945-1994. Organized by the Museum Villa Stuck, Munich. Curator: Okwui Enwezor. P.S. Contemporary Art Center, Museum of Modern Art affiliate, Long Island City, Queens, New York City. February 10-May 5, 2002.     

An Ethnology of the Admiralty Islands: The Alfred Bühler Collection, Museum der Kulturen, Basel

An Ethnology of the Admiralty Islands: The Alfred Bühler Collection, Museum der Kulturen, Basel. Sylvia Ohnemus. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, and Bathhurst, Australia: Crawford House Press, 1998.430pp.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article:
Ethnology:Archaeology:The Bowen Site: An Archaeological Study of Culture Process in the Late Prehistory of Central Indiana . JOHN T. DORWIN.
Ethnology:The Late Prehistoric Occupation of Northwestern Indiana: A Study of the Upper Mississippi Cultures of the Kankakee Valley . CHARLES H. FAULKNER.
Indiana's Prehistoric Past . B. K. SWARTZ, JR. Muncie     

Bamana Identity, State Formation, and the Sources of Bamana Art

Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali. Museum for African Art, New York. September 19, 2001—March 2, 2002.
Bamana: The Art of Existence in Mali. Jean-Paul Colleyn. ed. New York: Museum for African Art, in association with Museum Rietberg and Snoek-Ducaju and Zoon, 2001. 263 pp.     

The Anthropology of Korea: East Asian Perspectives

The Anthropology of Korea: East Asian Perspectives. Mutsuhiko Shima and Roger L. Janelli. eds. Osaka: National Museum of Ethnology, 1998. 237 pp.     

Book Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: The Many Faces of Primitive Art: A Critical Anthology. By Douglas Fraser The Administration of the White Australia Policy. By A. C. Palfreeman The Territorial Imperative. By Robert Ardrey Collection of Specimens for Radiocarbon Dating and Interpretation of Results. By H. A. Landform Studies From Australia and New Guinea. Edited by J. N. Jennings and J. A. Mabbutt New Roads To Yesterday. Edited by Joseph R. Caldwell An Introduction to Human Geography. By J. H. G. Lebon Archaeology: An Illustrated Introduction. By Liam de Paor The Discovery of Egypt. By Leslie Greener. Cassell Masada. By Yigael Yadin. Weidenfeld and Nicolson Industrial Archaeology: An Introduction. By Kenneth Hudson Classical Greece. By C. M. Bowra. Time Inc. Archaeology of the Point St George Site, and Tolowa Prehistory. By Richard A The Prehistoric Animal Ecology and Ethno-zoology of the Upper Great Lakes Region. By Charles Edward Cleland Southern Africa. By Brian Fagan. Thames and Hudson Late Woodland Cultures of Southeastern Michigan. By James E. Fitting Australian Aboriginal Stone Implements. By F. D. McCarthy Ethnographic Atlas. By George Peter Murdock Glossa. A Journal of Linguistics Mathinna's People. By Nan Chauncey     

Book Reviews*

Book reviewed in this article: Karavar: Masks and Power in a Melanesian Ritual. By Frederick Karl Errington. Tribes and Boundaries in Australia. Edited by Nicholas Peterson. Bengali Women. By Manisha Roy. World Conqueror and World Renouncer: A Study of Buddhism and Polity in Thailand Against a Historical Background. By S. J. Tambiah. Monks and Magic: An Analysis of Religious Ceremonies in Central Thailand. By B. J. Terwiel. Woman Cross Culturally: Change and Challenge. Edited by Ruby Rohrlich-Leavitt. War. Its Causes and Correlates. Edited by M. A. Nettleship, R. D. Givens and A. Nettleship. Discussions on War and Human Aggression. Edited by R. D. Givens and M. A. Nettleship. Transaction and Meaning. Directions in the Anthropology of Exchange and Symbolic Behaviour. Edited by Bruce Kapferer. Population, Ecology and Social Evolution. Edited by Steven Polgar. Yüan Porcelain and Stoneware. By Margaret Medley. The Art of Easter Island. By Thor Heyerdahl. The Lapita Pottery Style in Fiji and its Associations, By S. M. Mead, Lawrence Birks, Helen Birks and Elizabeth Shaw. People of the Eland. By Patricia Vinnicombe. The Cache River Archaeological Project: An Experiment in Contract Archaeology. Assembled by M. B. Schiffer and John H. House. Human Origins. Louis Leakey and the East African Evidence. Edited by G. LI. Isaac and E. R. McCown. Earliest Man and Environments in the Lake Rudolf Basin. Stratigraphy, Palaeoecology, and Evolution. Edited by Y. Coppens, F. C. Howell, G. LI. Isaac and R. E. F. Leakey. After the Australopithecines. Stratigraphy, Ecology and Culture in the Middle Pleistocene. Edited by K. W. Butzer and G. LI. Isaac. Archaeological Atlas of the World. By David and Ruth Whitehouse. Çatal Hüyük in Perspective. By Ian A. Todd. Black Viewpoints, The Aboriginal Experience. Edited by Colin Tatz.