Edward Matenga (15 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 1st Edition. 88pp illustrated in bw, light corner crease.

Paperback. Condition: Fair. A readable copy of the book which may include some defects such as highlighting and notes. Cover and pages may be creased and show discolouration.

Softcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. The wraps are shelf rubbed with small closed tears round the edges. The binding is secure. The pages are lightly browned but there are no ink inscriptions or annotations. Tall. JHK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.

169 pp. Illustrations in the text. Printed wrappers. (Studies in African Archaeology 5).

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. 88 pp. Covers bit worn.

Paperback. Condition: Good. Ex-academic library paperback in good condition for its age. Covers are very scuffed and worn, including the edges and spine. Shelf-mark to the spine, library label to inner front cover, and library stamp to the half-title page, which has transferred to the inner front cover. The pages, plates and text are otherwise clean and unmarked throughout. LW. Used.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good Plus. First edition, First Printing. VG. First edition, first printing. Paperback. PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, on verso of front cover. Inscription reads, 'Charlotte Tagart/With Compliments from Edward Matenga'. Ms Tagart was also an academic and author associated with archaeological excavations of Zimbabwe. TOGETHER WITH A TYPED LETTER TO CHARLOTTE TAGART SIGNED BY EDWARD MATENGA, dated 27 April 1995. 169pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs, line-drawings and maps. A well-researched and authoritative study of archaeological figurines from Zimbabwe. They were made from the third to the nineteenth centuries; most were found at sites dating from circa 900 to 1500 AD. With Appendicies. Covers have minor rubbing and light edge chipping; else a very good copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR, TOGETHER WITH A SIGNED LETTER. Presentation Copy Inscribed And Signed.

An Ethnoarchaeological Project in the Buhera District, Zimbabwe. Illustr. Upps. 1995. 115 pages. Softcover.[#87759].

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 169 pp., diagrams, maps, illustrations, bibliography.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xvi, 88 pages : illustrations, colour maps ; 26 cm.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Sehr gut. 99 Seiten Exemplaire frais et propre en très bon état. Frisches und sauberes Exemplar in sehr gutem Zustand. Fresh and clean copy in great condition. Contents - Foreward - Preface - 1 - Great Zimbabwe and the Zimbabwe Tradition - 2 - Removal and Export of the Zimbabwe Birds - 3 - Description of the Zimbabwe Birds - 4 - Rhodesian Views about the Zimbabwe Birds - 5 - Repatriation of the Zimbabwe Birds from South Africa, 1981 - 6 - The Shona People and the Zimbabwe Birds ISBN 9781779011350 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 338.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 169 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Soft cover. Condition: New. 261 pages ; 24 cm. At least eight soapstone carvings of birds furnished a shrine, Great Zimbabwe, in the 19th century. This large stonewalled settlement, once a political and urban centre, had been much reduced for four centuries, although the shrine continued to operate as local traditions dictated. The Zimbabwe Birds were handed down from a past that has only been partially illuminated by archaeological inquiry and ethnography, as has the site as such. This thesis publishes the first detailed catalogue of the Birds and attempts to reconstruct their provenance at the site based on the earliest written accounts. A modern history of the Birds unfolds when the European settlers removed them from the site in dubious transactions, claiming them as rewards of imperial conquest. As the most treasured objects from Great Zimbabwe, the fate of the Birds has been intertwined with that of the site in a matrix of contested meanings and ownership. This thesis explores how the meanings of cultural objects have a tendency to shift and to be ephemeral, demonstrating the ability of those in power to appropriate and determine such meanings. In turn, this has a bearing on ownership claims, and gives rise to an authorized heritage discourse syndrome. The forced migrations of the Zimbabwe Birds within the African continent and to Europe and their subsequent return to their homeland decades later are characterised by melodramatic episodes of manoeuvring by traders, politicians and theologians, and of the return of stolen property cloaked as an amicable barter deal, or a return extolled as an act of generosity. International doctrines that urge the return of cultural property are influenced by Western hegemonic ideologies. Natural justice is perverted, as stolen property acquires a (superior) significance in its new context, which merits the extinction of the original provenance. This leaves generosity and goodwill as the promises of the future, holding the fate of one Zimbabwe Bird still kept in exile in South Africa.

Condition: Very Good. Uppsala, Uppsala University/ Queen Victoria Museum Zimbabwe, 1993. 8vo. 169 pp. Illustrated. Sewn as issued. (Studies in African Archaeology 5.). Softcover / Paperback.

Condition: Very Good. Uppsala, Department of Archaeology and Ancient History, 2011. 8vo. 261 pp. Illustrated. Sewn as issued. (Studies in Global Archaeology 16.). Softcover / Paperback.