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OAC Journal Research Articles

Massim canoes in the Milne Bay Province,Papua New Guinea

30/08/2021 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by David Payne The traditional canoes of the Massim region of the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea (PNG) are colourful, stylish, and sophisticated. These traditional wooden canoes are woven into the fabric of the culture with their origins dating back through countless generations, yet they are still being made and they are extraordinary. […]

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Filed Under: Members Only, Research, V26 Issue 3

Solomon Islands carved coconut used in the practice of teeth blackening

31/05/2021 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

Clémentine Débrosse In 1568, Álvaro de Mendaña y Neira was the first European to visit the Archipelago now known as the Solomon Islands. At the time, Mendaña y Neira was looking for the island of Ophir on which King Solomon’s treasure was supposed to be – a story from which originates the naming of the […]

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Filed Under: Members Only, Research, V26 Issue 2

An Important Addition to the Sculptures Known to be from the Kiwai area

05/03/2021 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

by David Ferguson This article describes a remarkable and previously undocumented female ancestral sculpture carved in the round in a fully conceived naturalistic style (Fig.1) which appears most closely related to the art style of Kiwai people living on the larger islands of the lower Fly River Delta and considered an important addition to the […]

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Filed Under: Members Only, Research, V26 Issue 1

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

03/09/2019 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

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 […]

Filed Under: Research, V24 Issue 3, Volume 24

A Canoe Named Ealamai’iea, or Patience ©

05/03/2018 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

By John Greenshields of Adelaide, South Australia I took this photo of Joseph Ayodila at the Milne Bay Canoe and Drum Festival on Alotau, Papua New Guinea, in 2014. I […]

Filed Under: Research, V23 Issue 1, Volume 23

Mugus – the terrible blind god, the lord of pigs – a unique sculpture from Papua New Guinea

13/11/2017 By Crispin Howarth

By Crispin Howarth, Curator, Pacific Arts, National Gallery of Australia Since the mid-1920s, this masterpiece of Oceanic sculpture with its gently twisting elongated torso, oversized hands and stout powerful legs […]

Filed Under: Research, V22 Issue 5

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor – Part VII

08/09/2017 By Barry Craig

by Barry Craig.  Continued from OAS OAS Journal Vol.22 No.3. In this issue of the OAS Journal, I provide more details of Harry’s service with the AN&MEF and a sample […]

Filed Under: Research, V22 Issue 4

Pacific Presences: Current Research into Oceanic art and European Museums

08/09/2017 By Oceanic Art Society Australia

By Dr Erna Lilje, Research Associate For some decades, museums have had to reflect upon and re-imagine what they do and for whom.  Museums that hold ethnographic collections have become […]

Filed Under: Research, V22 Issue 4

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor – Part VI

12/07/2017 By Barry Craig

The hemlaut mask from Ogilvy on the left and a hemlaut for one dancer on the right; collected by B. Craig, 1993; A.74139. Pacific Cultures Gallery, South Australian Museum.

by Barry Craig.  Continued from OAS Journal Vol.21 No.5. In this issue of the OAS Journal, I provide more details of Harry’s service with the AN&MEF and a sample of […]

Filed Under: Research, V22 Issue 3

A Brief History of the Sepik (continued)

01/11/2015 By Ron May

Although the Sepik District became increasingly important as a source of labour – with a corresponding increase in the activities of labour recruiters in uncontrolled areas – no steps were […]

Filed Under: Research, V20 Issue 5

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