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Index to Pacific Object Guides

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Metropolitan Museum of Art publications

• Kjellgren, Eric. Oceania: Art of the Pacific Islands in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Distributed by Yale University Press, 2007.
  • The definitive work on selected objects in the Pacific galleries.

New Guinea

• Torres Strait mask (1978.412.1510)
• Elema mask (1978.412.725)
• Asmat bis poles (1978.412.1247-.1254, 1979.206.1611) *
• Asmat soul ship (1979.206.1558)
• Kwoma ceiling (1975.372.1-.139, 1979.206.1474) *
• Korewori River hook figures (1978.412.732, 1978.412.853-.857, 1978.412.1508-.1509)

Australia

• Arnhem Land bark painting (1979.206.1462)

Island Melanesia

• New Ireland malagans (1978.412.706, 712, 718, 724, 1474, 1494a-f)
• Vanuatu slit gong and finials (1975.93, 1978.412.736 + …) *
• New Caledonia door jambs (1979.206.58-.59, 1995.130)
• Solomon Island shield (1978.412.730)

Insular Southeast Asia

• Container for magical substances (1988.124.2a-b)
• Puppet Head (Si gale-gale) (1987.453.6)
• Puppet (Si gale-gale) (1988.143.47)

Micronesia

• Gable Figure (Dilukai) (1978.412.1558a-d)

Polynesia

• Male figure (tiki) (1979.206.1466)
• Lizardman Figure (Moko) (1995.416)
• Male Figure (Moai Tangata) (1984.526)
• Female Figure (Moai Papa) (1979.206.1478)
• Gorget (Rei Miro) (1979.206.1527)

Photo sources

* Bis poles (left) ; (right)
* Kwoma ceiling
* Vanuatu slit gong

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