Gifts & Books: From Early Myth to the Present Indigenous Jewellery This publication documents an initiative

This publication documents an initiative of the Institute of Modern Art

and introduces us to many amazing scientists

an enhanced creativity capable of challenging the colonial order

and Finnish saunas

Gifts & Books: From Early Myth to the Present Indigenous Jewellery This publication documents an initiativeGiving and receiving gifts can be tricky. Gifts may be touching or puzzling, either strengthening bonds of friendship or becoming a burden. This volume explores how books and writing have described gift giving over the centuries, but also how books became precious gifts themselves. In a series of thought provoking essays, richly illustrated from the Bodleian Librarys collections and beyond, the contributors illuminate some of the striking ways in