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V27 Issue 2

Touchstones of Culture

07/06/2022 Cover Story, V27 Issue 2

Some cultural artefacts or events become touchstones of a culture. The elaborate masks prepared for participation in the Fire Dance Ceremonies of the Central Baining in East New Britain, Papua …

The Baining – A Night to Remember Part 2

07/06/2022 Cultures, Members Only, V27 Issue 2

Baining collection with field notes and photographs from East New Britain, continued from last issue. By Harold Gallasch Years of witnessing the Engini fire dance ceremonies of the Central Baining have made …

Murlapaka – A Kaurna Touchstone for the Art Gallery of South Australia

07/06/2022 Members Only, Objects, V27 Issue 2

by Jim Elmslie At times, the landing page of the website of the Art Gallery of South Australia (AGSA) features an extremely rare and culturally significant shield which also now …

Dr Dolly Guise PhD (1942 – 2022)

06/06/2022 In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 2

by Chris Boylan with the input of Dolly Guise’s family Dolly Guise, who graduated as Papua New Guinea’s (PNG) first female PhD in anthropology, lived an extraordinary life. Just as …

Adrienne Kaeppler (1935 – 2022)

06/06/2022 In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 2

Adrienne L. Kaeppler – an inspiring journey of discovery into Tongan culture, art, society By Mary Lyn Fonau Eminent scholar and great friend of Tonga, Adrienne L. Kaeppler died in …

Eric Coote (1941 – 2022)

06/06/2022 In Memoriam, Members Only, V27 Issue 2

Personal reflections from Crispin Howarth Eric and I first met when he visited Melbourne around 2001 or 2002. We met on Chapel Street and over lunch we spoke of nothing …

Bark Ladies: Eleven Artists from Yirrkala

06/06/2022 Exhibitions, Members Only, Reviews, V27 Issue 2

by Margaret Cassidy This recent exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria shows the works of eleven Yolŋu women artists. The works combine traditional fine lined detail on bark with …

ADORNED by nature: Adornment, exchange & myth in the South Seas

06/06/2022 Book Reviews, Members Only, V27 Issue 2

Wolfgang Grulke, 2022, At One Communications, United Kingdom. Reviewed by Rebecca Conway, curator ethnography Macleay Collections, Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney Wolfgang Grulke has applied his passion, collection, …

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