Seasons Greetings. The Oceanic Art Society Committee would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members for their valued support, which assists in furthering the understanding and appreciation of Oceanic art in Australia and around the world. We wish you a wonderful holiday season and a New Year full of happiness and prosperity. Don’t […]
The Art of Oro Province
This is the first survey of Oro art ever published and incorporates more than 200 photographs and illustrations from the world’s leading museums
Shields of Melanesia
This is the first comprehensive compilation on the war shields of Melanesia. The volume illustrates more than one hundred types of shields from all culture areas of Melanesia that used such objects. Approximately eighty percent of the shields illustrated in the book have never appeared in print. The editors describe why the use of fighting […]
Adorned: Traditional Jewellery and Body Decoration from Australia and the Pacific
Chris Boylan & Anna Edmundson. published by the Macleay Museum, at the University of Sydney. The book has been published to coincide with the exhibition Adornment: jewellery, dress and body decoration from Australia and the Pacific at the Macleay Museum at the University of Sydney being held in conjunction with the Oceanic Art Society of […]
