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Wardwell, Allen & Dirk Bakker.
ISLAND ANCESTORS. Oceanic Art from the Masco Collection.
BNo. 0-295-97330-7. First Edition 1994 (pb). Pp: xiv, 282; 305mm x 225mm; 1.39kg. 144 col, 2 maps.
Foreword, preface, acknowledgments, introduction, bibliography, index.
A good paperback copy. Wrp: g. (wear on wrp).
University of Washington Press, Washington, 1994.
(The 107 objects illustrated in this book come from three Oceanic culture areas of Melanesia, Polynesia, and Micronesia, as well as the continent of Australia.
The author reviews the histories of the island groups, their settlement following migrations from Asia,
their societies, and the philosophies and aesthetics that give context to artistic styles and techniques that identify each culture)
(Keywords: Ethnology, Papua New Guinea, Sepik, Boiken, Yuat, Trobriand, Kerewa, Solomon, Caledonia, Fiji, Austral, Marquesas, Hawaii, Arnhem Land).
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