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 … [Read more...]
The Art of Oro Province
The art of Oro Province has been very much overlooked in the volume of writing on Oceanic Art – probably because the artists of Oro Province produce relatively few collectable wooden objects besides their rare and valuable lime spatulas and head rests. On the other hand, Oro is one of the richest … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
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 … [Read more...]
