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Volume 22

The Savage Club OAS Forum a Stunning Success

13/11/2017 Cover Story, V22 Issue 5

The OAS Forum, held at the Melbourne Savage Club on October 21st, was a fantastic success and the Victorian members of the OAS, especially Dr. Michael Martin, are to be …

Image of the Australian Museum

Navigating for a ples namel: Between the Museum, Collections, and Communities

13/11/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 5

Saturday 11 November 2017 – OAS Lecture as part of our AGM.  10:00am registration, AGM 10:30am, 11:00am lecture in The Australian Museum. Michael A. Mel will be presenting an illustrated …

Dr Hugh Gallagher

13/11/2017 In Memoriam, V22 Issue 5

Vale Dr Hugh Gallagher OAS is sad to announce the passing of another of its founding members who remained with us until the last, Dr Hugh Gallagher, 29.09.1929 – 12.09.2017. …

David Tribe

David Tribe

13/11/2017 In Memoriam, V22 Issue 5

Vale David Tribe OAS mourns the loss of one of its founding and staunchest members, David Tribe, OAS Member number 66, who passed away in Sydney 30 May 2017 aged …

Matthew Magers successfully bidding for the OAS Savage Club Forum official poster

OAS Forum at the Savage Club, Melbourne

13/11/2017 Forums, V22 Issue 5

By Jim Elmslie Dr. Ross Bowden gave an overview of the Savage Club collection, noting that very little documentation exists concerning the origins of the works but that most are …

Rue Visconti

‘Parcours’ Pittoresque à Paris Vaut le Voyage

13/11/2017 Art Fairs, V22 Issue 5

By Noëlle Rathmell-Stiels In its sixteenth year, the Parisian Tribal Art fair has taken visitors on a voyage of discovery to new horizons, sailing from Polynesia to the borders of …

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

13/11/2017 Research, V22 Issue 5

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 …

Fijian Gods, The Fair and The Forum

08/09/2017 Cover Story, V22 Issue 4

After a very successful Tribal Art Fair Sydney, eyes, minds and tastebuds are turning eagerly toward Melbourne. This year’s OAS Forum is to be held at the iconic Savage Club, …

Fijian Gods, Sacred Objects and Temples

08/09/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 4

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 …

Stoned – Lithic Technology of the Ancient Polynesians

08/09/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 4

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 …

Tribal Art Fair Sydney – 2017 | A great success, our best yet!

08/09/2017 Art Fairs, V22 Issue 4

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 …

The Art of Warfare in Papua New Guinea

08/09/2017 Collections, V22 Issue 4

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 …

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor – Part VII

08/09/2017 Research, V22 Issue 4

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 …

Pacific Presences: Current Research into Oceanic art and European Museums

08/09/2017 Research, V22 Issue 4

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 …

Author Professor Peter McCabe, OAS Journal Editor Dr. Jim Elmslie, and author Dr. Barry Craig discuss matters Oceanic at the Art Gallery of South Australia.

Oceanic Encounters Through Time and Space

12/07/2017 Cover Story, V22 Issue 3

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 …

STONED – Lithic Technology of the Ancient Polynesians

12/07/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 3

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

12/07/2017 All Journal Articles, Cultures, V22 Issue 3

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 …

James Cook meets King Kalani’ōpu’u (Blake Erickson & Nicholas Starte). (Photo by Damien Higginbotham).

Between Worlds: A new musical theatre work reimagining James Cook’s encounter with the Hawai’ians

12/07/2017 Theatre, V22 Issue 3

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 …

Applying finishing touches to a spirit figure

The Mariwai Project

12/07/2017 Cultures, V22 Issue 3

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 …

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.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor – Part VI

12/07/2017 Research, V22 Issue 3

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 …

While Admiring the Ancient the OAS Also Embraces the New

09/05/2017 Cover Story, V22 Issue 2

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 …

Indigenous perspectives in The National 2017: new Australian art

09/05/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 2

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 …

The Reverend Fellows Collection of Trobriand Art

09/05/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 2

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 …

Axel Bojsen-Møller – Globetrotter, the wreck of the Monsoon and the first New Guinea expedition

09/05/2017 Expeditions, V22 Issue 2

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 …

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