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V21 Issue 4

No End to the Splendid Diversity of Oceanic Art

01/09/2016 Cover Story, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

However much Oceanic art one sees it will never be the case that there is not something new to discover. The vast array of Oceanic art that has graced this …

Centuries 19 to 21. The Macleay Museum’s Pacific collections

01/09/2016 Lectures, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

At what date the Macleay family started collecting objects made by peoples from the Pacific islands is not known. But living in Sydney from the 1830s certainly gave them opportunity …

Mark Blackburn on Understanding Polynesian Art

01/09/2016 Lectures, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

Lecture to Oceanic Art Society, Sydney, 20 June 2016. Report by Robin Hodgson On Monday 20 June 2016, in the Annexe of the Australian Museum, our visiting lecturer, Mark Blackburn …

Slit Gongs of the Sepik and Madang Provinces

01/09/2016 Artefacts, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

By Barry Craig, South Australian Museum I have prepared a paper from a dataset of a large number of slit gongs of the Sepik and lower Ramu region, documented during …

Tribal Art Fair Report

01/09/2016 Art Fairs, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

By Robin Hodgson The OAS Tribal Art Fair in Sydney this year on Saturday 23 July was, according to the organisers: ”A good, successful day… Probably the best presentation to …

La-Sisi – Malangan Canoe

01/09/2016 Book Reviews, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

By Harold Gallasch and Neil McLeod. Melbourne Publishing Group, 2012. 60 pages with colour illustrations. Review by Jim Elmslie This lavishly illustrated book by OAS members, Harold Gallasch and Neil …

Andrew Moutu, Director, National Museum & Art Gallery of Papua New Guinea – Part I

01/09/2016 Interviews, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

Interview with Jim Elmslie, at the NGA Myth + Magic Exhibition, Canberra, August 7 2015 JE – Andrew, you have come a long way from a village in Dagua, and Wewak, …

Mystery Object

01/09/2016 Mystery Object, V21 Issue 4, Volume 21

By Barry Craig This mystery object has been donated to the South Australian Museum. The donor obtained it at a bric-a-brac shop so knew nothing about its provenance. It is …

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