The materiality of contemporary art in Vanuatu

Journal of Material Culture

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 43-58

  Geismar, Haidy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contemporary; Indigenous; Kastom; Materiality; Vanuatu

Indexed keywords

ART;

MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VANUATU;

EID: 1842832754     PISSN: 13591835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1359183504041089     Document Type: Article

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