Volume 23 / Number 2
1981
On The Cover: Drawing by Reresimae, a gifted sculptor of Natagera Village, Santa Ana Island, Eastern Solomon Islands. Drawing of the tutelary deity Panawaiau and his bonito school.
Vol. 23 / No. 2
University Museum Announcements – Winter 1981
“What in the World?” This favorite program of television viewers during the 1950’s and ’60’s is being revived. An all-new […]
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Vol. 23 / No. 2
By: Martin Biddle
New Directions – Winter 1981: The Director Writes
In the last issue I wrote about the University Museum’s exceptional commitment to field research and listed some of the […]
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By: William H. Davenport
Male Initiation in Aoriki: Man and the Spirits in the Eastern Solomon Islands
Aoriki, or Santa Catalina Island as it is marked on charts of the southwest Pacific Ocean, is located at the […]
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By: Kay Ross
Shell Ornaments of Malaita: Currency and Ritual Valuables in the Central Solomons
Malaita is an island in the Solomon chain which lies southeast of New Guinea. Inhabited by about 60,000 Melanesians, it […]
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By: Leonard Gorelick and A. John Gwinnett
Close Work Without Magnifying Lenses?: A Hypothetical Explanation for the Ability of Ancient Craftsmen to Effect Minute Detail
To many, a puzzling mystery of the ancient world is how minute artifacts or parts of them were made without […]
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By: James G. Flanagan
Hatmen of the Mountains: Aspects of Ethnic Identity in the New Guinea Highlands
In recent years, anthropologists in Papua New Guinea have begun to work more with ‘peripheral’ peoples; in particular those who […]
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