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Fifth Oceanic Art Forum in Adelaide
18th to 20th of May 2012

One forum; 3,000 works of Pacific arts

The Oceanic Art Society will be holding its fifth Oceanic Art Forum in Adelaide at the South Australian Museum this year.
This Museum has one of the largest displays of Pacific arts anywhere in the world with over 3000 objects from Melanesia on display. Almost untouched for nearly a century, the Pacific Cultures Gallery has long been a Mecca for those interested in New Guinea and island Melanesian cultures. Complimenting this vast gallery there is an equal number of Aboriginal objects over two galleries. Speakers will base their papers on aspects of Melanesian arts as represented in the Pacific Cultures Gallery. South Australian Museum curator Dr Barry Craig will host a Q&A tour of the Gallery.

Bulotoku – ‘Cannibal’ forks and human sacrifice in Fiji,
An illustrated talk by Fergus Clunie.

Our first Sydney Meeting for 2012 – Australian Museum Wednesday, February 1st
Corner flash:
Bring a guest for free!
Got a friend who might enjoy this event?
Free guest admission if accompanied by a member.

The first lecture meeting for 2012 – Wednesday 1st February – at the Australian Museum (please use the William Street entrance)
Time: 6.30pm for refreshments, prior to 7pm presentation.
Members: $10. Non-members: $15. Students with ID: $5.

Membership renewal payments may be made at the meeting.

OAS is very pleased to present again Fergus Clunie, one of the world’s most respected Fijian specialists, who will reveal the real facts about the bulotoku while touching on traditional human sacrifice and cannibalism in Fiji. Our first meeting of 2012 should be a fascinating evening!

If you happen to own a bulotoku, you are welcome to bring it along for Fergus to inspect.
Attached please find an illustration of the doubly royal bulotoku or Fijian ritual feeding fork, given by King Cakobau of Fiji to Prince Albert Victor of Great Britain and the Prince of Wales in 1881 and donated to the British Museum by king George V in 1920. Photo courtesy of the Trustees of the British Museum.

Please join us after the meeting for a casual supper at a nearby restaurant. RSVP Secretary 02 9332 3984