This comprehensive volume by a team of top-ranking scholars addresses the arts of Oceania - Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia - and brings together a vast number of important discoveries & several in-depth studies of Oceanic arts.Illustrations encompass architecture, sculpture, painting, music, dance, prayer & body decoration. 900 illus., 240 in full color. 642p.
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This comprehensive volume by a team of top-ranking scholars addresses the arts of Oceania - Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia - and brings together a vast number of important discoveries & several in-depth studies of Oceanic arts.Illustrations encompass architecture, sculpture, painting, music, dance, prayer & body decoration. 900 illus., 240 in full color. 642p.