Fijian Gods, Sacred Objects and Temples
NEXT LECTURE Wednesday 20 September 2017 – OAS Lecture 6:30 arrival, 7:00 lecture in The Centenary Auditorium, Art Gallery of NSW. Refreshments available afterwards in the Art Gallery cafe and …
NEXT LECTURE Wednesday 20 September 2017 – OAS Lecture 6:30 arrival, 7:00 lecture in The Centenary Auditorium, Art Gallery of NSW. Refreshments available afterwards in the Art Gallery cafe and …
Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 19 July 2017. Mark Blackburn’s talk on the lithic technology of the ancient Polynesians at the Australian Museum on 19 July 2017 was educational …
The Tribal Art Fair Sydney-2017 held this year at the Masonic Hall in Kensington was even better than last year having twice the number of visitors. Sydney kindly put on …
By Clémentine Débrosse, Pacific Arts volunteer, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra Traditionally, warfare was one of the most important actions of a man’s life in Papua New Guinea. It was …
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 …
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 …
This edition of the OAS Journal once again traverses through time and space exploring aspects of Pacific cultures, from the first contact made by Captain James Cook in Hawaii to …
NEXT LECTURE Wednesday, July 19, Australian Museum, 6.30 for 7.00pm. OAS & Australian Museum members $25, others $35, includes substantial refreshments and wine. Mark Blackburn will be presenting a lecture …
Patterns in Beaded Aprons of Cenderawasih (Geelvink) Bay – Symbols of Cultural Beliefs by Professor Peter McCabe, University of Adelaide Aprons of varying styles have traditionally been worn throughout New …
Between Worlds: A new musical theatre work reimagining James Cook’s encounter with the Hawai’ians by Nick Higginbotham James Cook’s 18th Century voyages of discovery brought home an unparalleled wealth of …
by Shiva Lynn Burgos I have recently been on an expedition of discovery into the rites, rituals and arts of the Kwoma people of Mariwai village, Papua New Guinea. The …
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 …
The OAS has shifted gear under the energetic leadership of our new president, Bill Rathmell, who has revitalised the main OAS committee and various sub-committees working on the website, the …
NEXT LECTURE Wednesday 17 May 2017 – OAS Lecture, in the Centenary Auditorium, Art Gallery of NSW, 6:30 – 8pm. Free. Anneke Jaspers – Curator, Contemporary Art at the Art …
A report on Crispin Howarth’s OAS Lecture, by Jim Elmslie The ‘lost’ collection of Massim art of the late Methodist missionary, the Reverend Samuel Fellows, lay undisturbed beneath the family …
By Leif Birger Holmstedt The Department of Ethnography at the Danish National Museum has one of the largest and finest collections in the world of artifacts from Oceania, Melanesia and …
Edited by Ngahiraka Mason and Zara Stanhope. Auckland University Press in association with Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, 20l6. Reviewed by Marina Garlick This splendid tome complements a fascinating …
By W. D. Webster. Review by Crispin Howarth William Downing Webster (1868 – 1913) began collecting and dealing in arms, armour and ethnographic material from the 1890s until his death. …
The Oceanic Art Society is very pleased to announce the election of a new President, Dr. Bill Rathmell. Bill, and his wife, Noelle, have had a long association with the …
Peter McCabe will be presenting a lecture on: The Moon, the Stars and the Demon Shrimp: Deciphering Patterns in Beaded Aprons of Geelvink Bay, North West New Guinea A little …
By Crispin Howarth, Curator Pacific Arts, NGA The majority of the National Gallery’s Pacific Arts collection comes from Papua New Guinea; the newly reinstalled Melanesian gallery reflects this with arts …
At the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum. Review by Krisztina Turza. Since I missed the opening of the University of Queensland Anthropology Museum’s recent exhibition on the Solomon Islands as …
Solomon Islands – Re-enchantment and the Colonial Shadow Exhibition See linked article Dr. Diana Young, Director, University of Queensland Anthropology Museum, assembled the following notes on some of the more …
Australian National University, 27-28 January 2017. Review by Michael Gunn The ANU Humanities Research Centre, in partnership with the Centre of Collective Biography of Archaeology in the Pacific and the …