New Guinea Highlands : art from the Jolika Collection / With contributions by Bruce Beehler, Chris Boylan, Barry Craig, Tim Denham, Mark Eby, Pierre Lemonnier, Mouli MacKenzie, Michael A. Mel, Anton Ploeg, Jackie Sillitoe, Paul Sillitoe, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern, Pamela Swadling, William H. Thomas, Virginia-Lee Webb ; Edited by John Friede, Terence E. Hays, and Christina Hellmich ; Collection photographs by John Bigelow Taylor and Dianne Dubler.
Publisher:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco,
Copyright Date:
2017
Description:
xvii, 665 pages, 5 unnumbered pages : illustrations (color and black & white), maps (color and black & white), color portraits, color facsimiles ; 32 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 624-651) and index.
Summary:
"This is the first major museum publication dedicated to New Guinea Highlands art, celebrating its dynamism, innovative forms, and extraordinary use of materials and recognizing generations of Highlands artists. The Jolika Collection represents decades of focused connoisseurship. The Friedes, members of the Fine Arts Museums staff, scholars of Highlands visual culture, and anthropologists from around the globe have contributed their expertise to this book, researching and recording the collection's works so that they can be shared with the public"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.