The things we value culture and history in Solomon Islands / edited by Ben Burt and Lissant Bolton.

Format Electronic
Publication InfoCanon Pyon : Sean Kingston Publishing, 2014.
Description149 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 29 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Solomon Islanders--History. --Congresses.
Solomon Islanders--Social life and customs. --Congresses.
Cultural property--Solomon Islands. --History. --Congresses.
Material culture--Solomon Islands. --History. --Congresses.
Art, Solomon Islands--History. --Congresses.
Wood-carving--Solomon Islands. --History. --Congresses.
Ethnology--Solomon Islands. --Congresses.
Solomon Islands--History. --Congresses.
Solomon Islands--Antiquities. --Congresses.

Other author/creatorBurt, Ben.
Other author/creatorBolton, Lissant, 1954-
Other author/creatorBritish Museum.
Other author/creatorCambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.
Other author/creatorArts & Humanities Research Council (Great Britain)
Other author/creatorUniversitetet i Bergen. Bergen Pacific Studies Research Group.
Portion of title Culture and history in Solomon Islands
Contents Solomon Islands artefact traditions and their historical transformation / Ben Burt and Lissant Bolton -- Santa Cruz feather-money / Salome Samou -- Kesa and other shell valuables from Choiseul / Rhys Richards -- Shell valuables and history in Roviana and Vella Lavella / Peter J. Sheppard and Richard Walter -- Traditional money and artefacts in Malaita / Michael Kwa'ioloa -- Bata : the adaptable shell-money of Langalanga, Malaita / Pei-yi Guo -- Clan valuables of Guadalcanal / Jackson Gege -- Collecting Makira : Kakamora stones, shrine stones and the grounds for things in Arosi / Michael Scott -- Some family treasures of Santa Isabel / Evelyn Tetehu -- Regenerating local arts at the Kwaio Cultural Centre / David Akin -- War canoes of the western Solomons / Edvard Hviding -- The trade in wood carvings from Aorigi, Makira / Sandra Revolon -- Artistic Bellona in the contemporary art of Solomon Islands / Jari Kupiainen.
General note"The book derives from the Melanesian Art project of the British Museum and the University of Cambridge Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, 2005-10. This project brought most of the authors together in 2006 for a research programme and conference at the British Museum on 'Art and History in the Solomon Islands: Collections, Owners and Narratives' "--Title page verso.
General note"The publication of this volume, as well as the British Museum conference, was supported by the Bergen Pacific Studies Research Group, University of Bergen, Norway"--Title page verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 140-145) and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Funding informationSupported by Research Council of Norway Grant no. 185646
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2015514842
ISBN9781907774218
ISBN1907774211