Bulmer, Ralph and Susan

Figurines and Other Stones of Power among the Kyaka of Central New Guinea. Journal of the Polynesian Society. Vol. 71 No. 2 June 1962. [SIGNED]

n.p. Polynesian Society, 1962. 8vo, wraps, b&w plates, pp 191 - 208 plus 3 pages of plates (complete for this extract), orig wraps, tear along spine, Presentation copy signed to anthropologist, D'Arcy Ryan by the authors, Ryan's blind-stamp to wraps, Good condn.

Susan Bulmer was the first archaeologist to carry out excavations in the New Guinea highlands. The Bulmer’s Fruit Bat of New Guinea is named after her. Ralph Bulmer was Professor of Anthropology at the University of Papua New Guinea. Item #93159

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