The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art
A comprehensive guide to understanding Asmat and Papuan Gulf Art
Holger Braun | 2026
The chain of linked cultures of the southern coast of New Guinea, from the Asmat in the west to the Papuan Gulf in the east all share remarkably similar mythology and rituals, inspired by a…
Creative Spirits
Bark Painting in the Washkuk Hills of North New Guinea
Ross Bowden | 2025
The art of painting on bark was once widely found in many parts of the Pacific, including the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, the home of the Kwoma people who are the subject…
Silver of the Possessed
Jewellery in the Egyptian zār
Sigrid M. van Roode | 2024
In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear…
Death and Display
Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Raymond Corbey | 2024
During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the…
Photo-Museology
The presence of absence and the absence of presence
Mark Adams and Nicholas Thomas | 2023
Ethnographic museums, now often rebranded as collections of ‘world cultures’, appear permanently problematic, even as their contexts and the orientation of their activities change. Across Europe and elsewhere, curators and other museum staff are committed…
Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands
Insular and Interwoven
Peter ten Hoopen | 2022
This is the first study to focus on ikat of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically this technical perspective highlights the human factor.…
Douze jours à Nuku Hiva
Rencontres et révolte russe dans le Pacifique Sud
Elena Govor (edited by Marie-Noelle Ottino-Garanger) | 2021
La première expédition russe autour du monde, à l’aube du dix-neuvième siècle, fit suite à celles de Bougainville, Cook et La Pérouse. Menée par le commandant balte-allemand Adam von Krusenstern, elle était, à elle seule,…
The Secret Signs in South New Guinea Art
A comprehensive guide to understanding Asmat and Papuan Gulf Art
Holger Braun | 2026
The chain of linked cultures of the southern coast of New Guinea, from the Asmat in the west to the Papuan Gulf in the east all share remarkably similar mythology and rituals, inspired by a…
Creative Spirits
Bark Painting in the Washkuk Hills of North New Guinea
Ross Bowden | 2025
The art of painting on bark was once widely found in many parts of the Pacific, including the Sepik River region of Papua New Guinea, the home of the Kwoma people who are the subject…
Silver of the Possessed
Jewellery in the Egyptian zār
Sigrid M. van Roode | 2024
In the 19th century an African possession cult called zār arrived in Egypt and became hugely popular. Jewellery formed an integral part of this cult, and silver pendants with images of spirits started to appear…
Death and Display
Kuba funerary art from the Congo River Basin
Raymond Corbey | 2024
During funerals of nobles in the Kuba kingdom (Democratic Republic of Congo), visitors used to theatrically offer so-called bongotols to the deceased and the mourning family. These highly appreciated valuables were either positioned under the…
Photo-Museology
The presence of absence and the absence of presence
Mark Adams and Nicholas Thomas | 2023
Ethnographic museums, now often rebranded as collections of ‘world cultures’, appear permanently problematic, even as their contexts and the orientation of their activities change. Across Europe and elsewhere, curators and other museum staff are committed…
Ikat from Timor and its outer Islands
Insular and Interwoven
Peter ten Hoopen | 2022
This is the first study to focus on ikat of the Timor region from a technical perspective, including microscopy and design analysis of asymmetry, an understudied subject. Paradoxically this technical perspective highlights the human factor.…
Douze jours à Nuku Hiva
Rencontres et révolte russe dans le Pacifique Sud
Elena Govor (edited by Marie-Noelle Ottino-Garanger) | 2021
La première expédition russe autour du monde, à l’aube du dix-neuvième siècle, fit suite à celles de Bougainville, Cook et La Pérouse. Menée par le commandant balte-allemand Adam von Krusenstern, elle était, à elle seule,…
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