ROM. An Aboriginal Ritual Of Diplomacy

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Australian Intitute Of Aboriginal Affairs
Publisher Place: Canberra
Publisher Year: 1986
Edition: First Edition

Description: 102 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: ROM is a ritual of diplomacy, performed to establish or re-establish friendly relations with neighbouring communities by presenting them with elaborately-decorated totemic poles. The entire process of making, binding, and decorating the poles can extend over weeks and involves successive sessions of song and dance with culminate in a presentation ceremony.

ISBN: 0855751622