Research Catalog

Title

Myth and magic : art of the Sepic River, Papua New Guinea / Crispin Howarth with contributions by Dr. Barry Craig and Natalie Wilson.

Author

Howarth, Crispin

Publication

Canberra, A.C.T. : National Gallery of Australia, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Craig, Barry
• Wilson, Natalie
• National Gallery of Australia issuing body.

Description

232 pages : illustrations (some color), map; 29 cm

Summary

This book provides a rare opportunity to encounter masterpieces from the Sepik, works of art that speak of a time and place where spirits and ancestors were integral to daily life. These works come from the rich collections of the National Gallery of Australia, other Australian museums and art galleries, and the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery. This publication celebrates the unique cultures of a country that has been so closely linked to ours, a country that is now celebrating its fortieth anniversary of independence.

Alternative Title

• Myth + magic
• Myth plus magic

Subject

• Art
• Material culture > Papua New Guinea > Sepik River Region
• Ethnology > Papua New Guinea > Sepik River Region
• Mythology, Papuan > Papua New Guinea > Sepik River Region
• Rites and ceremonies > Papua New Guinea
• Papua New Guinea > Antiquities
• Papua New Guinea > Civilization

Genre/Form

Exhibition catalogs

Note

• Produced in association with the exhibition Myth and magic: art of the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea, National Gallery of Australia, 7 August - 1 November 2015.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-229).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9780642334558 (pbk.)
• 0642334552 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2014482675

OCLC

• 932259917
• SCSB-10226785

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library