From the South Seas: Oceanic Art from the Teel Collection
by Christraud Geary
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- Hardcover
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- ISBN 10
- 0878466975
- ISBN 13
- 9780878466979
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MFA Publications, 2006. Hardcover. New/New. A clean crisp well preserved oversized 2006 Museum of Fine Arts Boston Publication hardcover in a fine tight binding. Little to no shelf wear. Text is bright and free of marks or underlining. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. From New Guinea to New Zealand, Easter Island to Hawaii, the Pacific region known as Oceania has long excited the Western imagination, but its traditional sculptures, pots and paintings have only recently been studied and appreciated as fine art. While much about these works and the cultures that produced them remains mysterious, we do know that most items were created for use in daily life rather than as products for the art market. Nonetheless, their beauty and craftsmanship elevate the best of them to objects of contemplation and wonder. This catalogue presents some 80 Oceanic works of art, each illustrated with its form and function described. Michael Gunn's introduction places the works in context; Christraud Geary discusses provenance; and contextual photographs throughout show many of the objects in situ, aiding in a growing understanding of these intriguing but still elusive works, and adding to the scholarship on, and interest in, Oceania.
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- Bookseller
- The Anthropologists Closet (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1054
- Title
- From the South Seas: Oceanic Art from the Teel Collection
- Author
- Christraud Geary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0878466975
- ISBN 13
- 9780878466979
- Publisher
- MFA Publications
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2006
- LCCN
- 2005938089
- Keywords
- Pacific, Hawaii, Australia, Australo-Melanesian, Benin, kakaparaga funerary mask, Papua New Guina, New Zealand,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Anthropology;
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