Description
Reference on the richly illustrated Melanesian art. Catalog inventory Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cologne whose content concerrne particular: style regions of Melanesia. Hydrographic and peripheral areas Middle Sepik. Lower Sepik and the northern coast of New Guinea. Maprik field. Waschkuk Mountains. Southeast and West New Guinea. Bismarck Archipelago. New Britain. New Ireland. Solomon Islands. Santa Cruz Islands. New Hebrides. New Caledonia. The author presents works of art from various indigenous South Sea Islands and describes their culture. It focuses here on the region of the islands of Melanesia. The indicated parts are mainly from the collection of Klaus Claus Meyer and gives a sense of the diversity of different tribes.