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V22 Issue 1

A New President as Oceanic Exhibitions Thrive

01/03/2017 Cover Story, V22 Issue 1, Volume 22

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 …

The Moon, the Stars and the Demon Shrimp

01/03/2017 Lectures, V22 Issue 1

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 …

New Britain art in the Melanesian Gallery

01/03/2017 Galleries, V22 Issue 1

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 …

Solomon Islands – Re-enchantment and the Colonial Shadow Exhibition

01/03/2017 Exhibitions, V22 Issue 1

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 …

A Focus on Some of the Exhibition’s Gems

01/03/2017 Exhibitions, V22 Issue 1

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 …

Oceanic Knowledges Conference

01/03/2017 Conferences, V22 Issue 1

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 …

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No.1 Neighbour: Art in Papua New Guinea 1966–2016

01/03/2017 Exhibitions, V22 Issue 1

By Ruth McDougall, Curator, Pacific Art, Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art Geographically, the mainland of Papua New Guinea lies just 3.7 kilometres from the island of Saibai …

Mystery Object

01/03/2017 Mystery Object, V22 Issue 1

Found in Lae, PNG, in the mid 1980’s. Possibly a river stone or a meteorite that has been carved and may be a fertility symbol. The stone is 25cm round …

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