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OAS tour of South West France Galleries

10/12/2019

Pre-2020 Parcours des Mondes If enough members are interested in viewing the Oceanic Art collections from early French navigators and collectors, the Oceanic Art Society, under the direction of Pierre Laffont, …

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An Awan for SAM

10/12/2019

by Jim Elmslie Caption: The Awan with Sophie Parker, of ArtLab, Adelaide, South Australia. Image credit: Alice Beale. This large body-mask, called a tumbuan in tok-pisin, comes from the  Iatmul people of the …

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Poka Francis – Mountain Carver from PNG

10/12/2019

Image: Centre: Poka Francis in Koranigle, 2017. Photo courtesy Helen Dennett. Left: Arbelo ensnared by python c2002. Right: Soldier c2002. Poka Francis lives in the village of Koranigle, in Simbu Province, …

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An Australian at the 2019 Paris Parcours des Mondes

10/12/2019

by Noelle Rathmell-Stiels It’s still really the only one of its kind in the world! The eighteenth iteration of the Parcours des Mondes International Art Fair was held from 10 to 15 …

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Curiosity Remains a Driving Force

10/12/2019

Image: Mathias Kauage ‘Independence Celebration 1999’, Andrew Baker Collection. Image by Mick Richards. The desire to know – curiosity – has long been a motivating force in human endeavour. In …

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Brent Kerehona (Pukepuke Ahitapu) – Lecture

16/11/2019

Brent Kerehona (Pukepuke Ahitapu) - lecture 16 November 2019 Sydney, Australia - Hongi Hika: Maori Warrior, Diplomat, Agricultural Pioneer and Artist and his Journey to England in 1820 

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Margaret White, of the Australian Museum

Australian Museum’s Cultural Collections Centre Opens in Western Sydney

03/09/2019

By Bill Rathmell, OAS President Half-a-dozen members of the Oceanic Art Society were present on 30th July at the opening of the “Cultural Collections Centre”- the new storage for the …

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Beyond bridge and barrier: Torres Strait and curious artefact distributions between Queensland and New Guinea

03/09/2019

By Professor Ian J. McNiven, ARC Centre of Excellence for Australian Biodiversity and Heritage, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University, Melbourne During the nineteenth century Europeans became increasingly aware of …

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Wylda Bayrón at Le Musée de la Castre, Cannes

03/09/2019

by Chris Boylan  Dominating the hill overlooking Cannes city and the Mediterranean is the ancient medieval castle and tower, now the  ethnological museum, of Cannes, Le Musée de la Castre. The …

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Massim Canoes – drawings of the unique outrigger canoes from the Solomon Seas

03/09/2019

Tasman Light Gallery, National Maritime Museum, Sydney – 1 August to 29 September 2019 The Massim culture of Papua New Guinea is home to a unique collection of colourful outrigger …

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