The Home-life of Borneo Head-hunters. Its Festivals and Folk-lore
Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1902.
Large octavo, xii, 197 pages with 5 illustrations plus 88 plates (most of them collotypes, from photographs by the author, with captioned tissue-guards).
Maroon cloth lettered in gilt on the spine, and lettered and decorated in gilt on the front cover; top edge gilt, others uncut; covers lightly rubbed and scuffed; some light tanning internally; ownership signature on the front free endpaper; a few other trifling signs of age and handling; an excellent copy.
One of just 500 copies of this lavishly-illustrated ethnographic study of the Kayan and Kenyah tribes of Sarawak, Borneo, by William Henry Furness III (1866-1920), American physician, ethnographer and tattoo enthusiast.
Item #145178
Price (AUD):
$1,350.00