The Art of Oceania (2): Melanesia and Micronesia,
including Australia and New Guinea

(See also: Oceania Resource Page)

Web Resources
Aboriginal Studies WWW Virtual Library. T. Matthew Ciolek
Australia, Melanesia, and Micronesia. Metropolitan Museum of Art
Australian Aborigines, and Australian Dreamtime. Crystalinks
Australian Aborigines: Living off the Fat of the Land. Sally Fallon
Austronesian Peoples. Wikipedia
Cargo Cults of Melanesia (1959). Scientific American
Indigenous Australia. Australian Museum
Indigenous Australian Art. Wikipedia
Melanesia. British Museum
Melanesia (Wikipedia), including:

• Irian Jaya (west half of New Guinea; province of Indonesia)
• Papua New Guinea (east half of New Guinea; independent state)
• New Ireland (island, province of Papua New Guinea)
• New Caledonia (island, east of Australia, French Territory)

Melanesia Music. Jane Resture
Micronesia. Wikipedia
Nan Madol. Archaeology Magazine (AIA)
Nan Madol. Wikipedia
Religion and Customs in Melanesia (1949). Project Canterbury

Image Links (click inside)

Mask 19c Torres Strait	Mask 19c Torres Strait	Korwar Sculpture Late 18c New Guinea	Yena Head 19c-20c New Guinea	House Post 19c-20c New Guinea	Female Statuette 19c Solomon Islands	Skull Rack 19c-1904 New Guinea
Female Figure 19c-20c New Guinea	Female Figure 19c-20c New Guinea	Bioma Figure 20c New Guinea	Dance Mask 20c New Guinea	Uli Statue 18c-19c New Ireland	Effigy 19c New Ireland	Malangan Pole 19c New Ireland
Helmet Mask 19c New Ireland	Mask 19c New Ireland	Mask (tatanua) 19c New Ireland	Shield mid 19c Solomon Is.	Helmet Mask 19c-20c Melanesia	Roof Finial 14c-15c New Caledonia	Male Figure early 19c Vanuatu
Ancestor Mask 19c Micronesia	Bird Bowl 18c Palau

[last updated: August 17, 2013]

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