A New President as Oceanic Exhibitions Thrive
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 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 …
Mike Donaldson advised that his book covering Australia’s Rock Art is yet to be published as he awaits Aboriginal comments/approvals from a number of organisations. The book is ready to …
The new OAS Executive Committee as elected at the AGM on November 12 last year: President: Dr Bill Rathmel Vice President and Journal Editor: Dr James Elmslie Treasurer: Rita Uechtritz …
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 …
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 …
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 …