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A timely study of an important, but often overlooked collector of early Melanesian objects and a pioneering anthropologist of his time, providing important contextual material for many of the objects collected by Codrington now in the British Museum, The Pitt Rivers Museum and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

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Introduction Chapter 1: ' I have little doubt but that I can get some good things sooner or later': museum demands Chapter 2: 'Matters that lie upon the surface of native life and are open to the observation of the visitor and traveller ': the collections Chapter 3: 'There was a spirit in my pen': Codrington's visual documentation Chapter 4: 'It has rained shell adzes today, large and small': trading Chapter 5: On stones and poised arrows : Codrington on mana Conclusion: Codrington’s importance today Bibliography Index

Objects as Insights

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      Publisher British Museum Press
      Published 28 August 2021
      ISBN-13 9780861592357
      978-0861592357
      ISBN-10 0861592352
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      Australasian and Pacific history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A timely study of an important, but often overlooked collector of early Melanesian objects and a pioneering anthropologist of his time, providing important contextual material for many of the objects collected by Codrington now in the British Museum, The Pitt Rivers Museum and the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction Chapter 1: ' I have little doubt but that I can get some good things sooner or later': museum demands Chapter 2: 'Matters that lie upon the surface of native life and are open to the observation of the visitor and traveller ': the collections Chapter 3: 'There was a spirit in my pen': Codrington's visual documentation Chapter 4: 'It has rained shell adzes today, large and small': trading Chapter 5: On stones and poised arrows : Codrington on mana Conclusion: Codrington’s importance today Bibliography Index

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