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Author Swadling, Pamela.

Title Plumes from paradise : trade cycles in outer Southeast Asia and their impact on New Guinea and nearby islands until 1920 / Pamela Swadling ; with contributions by Roy Wagner and Billai Laba
Published Coorparoo DC, Queensland Australia : Papua New Guinea National Museum in association with Robert Brown & Associates, 1996

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 W'PONDS  333.9580995 Swa/Pfp  AVAILABLE
Description 352 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. The rise and decline of the Spice Islands -- 3. The plume trade: the demands of Asian traders and the first birds of paradise to reach Europe -- 4. The plume trade: the demands of natural historians -- 5. The plume trade: the demands of fashion-conscious European women and the growth of the conservation movement -- 6. Sultans, suzerains and the colonial division of New Guinea -- 7. Collecting and trading in the Raja Empat Islands, the Bird's Head and Cendrawasih Bay -- 8. The massoy, trepang and plume trade of Onin, Kowiai and Mimika (Southwest New Guinea) -- 9. Trade with the Aru Islands and Trans Fly coast of New Guinea -- 10. Copra, birds and profits in the Merauke region -- 11. Bronzes and plume hunting in the Jayapura (Hollandia) region -- 12. Plumes fund economic development in Kaiser Wilhelmsland -- 13. Conservationists protect Papua's birds -- 14. Trade cycles in outer Southeast Asia and their impact on New Guinea until 1920
Mysteries of Origin: Early traders and heroes in the Trans Fly / Roy Wagner -- Oral traditions about early trade by Indonesians in southwest Papua New Guinea /Billai Laba
Notes Includes bibliographical references (p. 308-333) and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-333) and index
Subject Birds of paradise -- New Guinea -- History
Birds -- Conservation -- New Guinea -- History.
Birds -- Conservation -- New Guinea.
Feather industry -- History.
Feather industry -- New Guinea -- History.
Feather industry -- New Guinea.
Trade routes -- Southeast Asia -- History.
SUBJECT Europe -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045658 -- New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091290 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
New Guinea http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85091290 -- Commerce http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001412 -- Europe http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85045631 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Author Laba, Billai.
Wagner, Roy, 1938-
LC no. 96147932
ISBN 9980851031