Traditions in Transition

Berkeley, CA: Lowie Museum of Anthropology, 1974. First Edition. Octavo in dark blue pictorial wraps; light green leaves; 73p; illustrations; Very good (+); wraps are sunned; else clean and unmarked, crisp. Paperback.

Includes a letter and invitation to an exhibition featuring materials mentioned in the publication. "Traditions in Transition illustrates some of the effects of and on items of material culture brought about by contacts between peoples and by the passage of time. These effects are particularly drastic in contacts between heavily industrialized Western societies and technologically simpler peoples. [...] The ramifications of material culture contact are not always deleterious but can result in the restructuring and accomodation by the recipient society, and may lead to loss of values or status distinctions." --Introduction.