Bones of the ancestors
Subtitle: the Ambum Stone : from the New Guinea highlands to the antiquities market to Australia
By: Brian Egloff.
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780759111592; 9780759111608
Subjects: Enga (Papua New Guinean people) -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation; Ambum Stone; Enga (Papua New Guinean people) -- Claims; Enga (Papua New Guinean people) -- Ethnic identity; Figurines, Prehistoric -- Social aspects -- Case studies; Cultural property -- Protection -- Social aspects -- Case studies; Cultural property -- Protection -- Political aspects -- Case studies; Art dealers -- Corrupt practices -- Case studies; Ethnicity -- Political aspects -- Case studies; Papua New Guinea -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.