
Bones of the Ancestors: The Ambum Stone: From the New Guinea Highlands to the Antiquities Market to Australia, (Paperback)
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- Bones of the Ancestors: The Ambum Stone: From the New Guinea Highlands to the Antiquities Market to Australia, (Paperback)
- Author: Altamira Press
- ISBN: 9780759111608
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2008-03-20
- Page Count: 240
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- Pub date2008-03-20
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Bones of the Ancestors tells the shadowy story of the Ambum Stone, a 3,000-year-old carving from Papua New Guinea that found its way onto the antiquities market and then into an important modern museum.
- Bones of the Ancestors: The Ambum Stone: From the New Guinea Highlands to the Antiquities Market to Australia, (Paperback)
- Author: Altamira Press
- ISBN: 9780759111608
- Format: Paperback
- Publication Date: 2008-03-20
- Page Count: 240
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