Werner Forman Archive

OCEANIA

 

 

Landscapes of Fiji, Hawaiian and Society Islands.

Art of the people of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia.

Australian Aboriginal art.

A unique collection of Maori art and artefacts and New Zealand landscapes.

View a sample selection below. To search the full collection complete the registration form at

www.werner-forman-archive.com/registrationform.htm

 

 

The Ambun Stone.

Papua New Guinea, Mae-Enga culture.

National Museum of Australia, Canberra.

Flute stopper used in boys' initiation ceremonies.

Papua New Guinea, 20th C. Courtesy Entwistle Gallery, London.

The Micronesian goddess Sope.

Nuokoro Island, 18th -19th C. Courtesy Entwistle Gallery, London.

 

"Palangapang" mother of pearl necklace.

Philippines.

Bark painting of a kangaroo hunt.

Australia.

Wooden god figures at a "Marae" (temple site).

Hanaunau, Hawaii.

A female poutokomanawa.

New Zealand, 1860. National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.

Te Hau-Ki-Turanga meeting house.

Manutuke, 1842. National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.

Portrait of chief Raharuhi Rukupo.

Manutuke, 1842. National Museum of New Zealand, Wellington.

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