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Book

Author
Richards, Rhys
Title
Head Hunters Black and White: Three Collectors in the Western Solomon Islands 1893 to 1914; and The Diary of Graham Officer, Collector of Museum Objects in the Solomon Islands in 1901 for Museum Victoria in Melbourne
Imprint
New Zealand Paremata Press, Wellington, 2012, 266 pp
ISBN/ISSN
9780473226794
Subject
History of Human Sciences
Description

The collectors were Arthur Mahaffy, Graham Officer and Arthur Hocart.

Source
Cohn 2013

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