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  • Tilburg, Missiehuis, [circa], 1946. Small 8°. Original wrappers, stapled. Covertitle in bold black type, monochrome illustration at top.16pp. 5 small coloured illustrations of which one featuring the japanese flag, decorative endpiece, monochrome family portrait of Bernardus Rajaan Homas, printed within two vertical coloured and decorative borders, dedication by M.S.C. missionaries inside front wrapper. Dutch language authentic story about the Martyrdom (Bloegetuige) by Bernardus Rajaan Homas (an indigenous convert and assistant-teacher), his wife and six children, cruelly executed by the Japanese occupying forces on Kei-Island (Moluccas), end of June 1943, falsely accused of high-treason and assistance to allied troops. (whie library ticket near front joint, library stamp inside front cover).

  • 's-Hertogenbosch, Teulings Uitgeversmaatschappij, 1921. Square 8°, original publ. cloth, covertitle printed within a black narrow line-border. (xii), 398pp. Many captioned monochrome plates and illustrations in text, of which featuring local ethnic types (women, men and children), topographical views of sites and special locations of Kei-Islands, some comparative diagrams in text, some figures in text, concise explanatory glossary of local terms used, table of contents, preface. Dutch language, almost minutely detailed cultural anthropological survey of the so-called "Kei"Island Group, Banda Sea, The Moluccas by a dutch Roman-Catholic missionary who worked on Kei, in which, besides an account of missionary progress, still valuable information is supplied, e.g. physical geography and population, culture, life-cycle, birth, marriage & divorce, kinship relations (Pela), religious beliefs and cosmology, ceremonies, the High God, supernatural and superstition. initiation rites, healt, healtcare and local medicine, means of birth control, local societies, tribes and politics, means of subsistence, bodily ornamentation (jewelry), taboo and taboo signs, local political systems & administration. Illustrations featuring different types of population, archtecture, ethnography, traditional weavings and ethnographica.Very good copy. Rare. (Small white library ticket to front cover, some small library stamps on ti.-p.).