Asmat people, West Papua

Kawe (Ancestor figure)
1986-1987

Pacific Transformer 3 Tama Sharman Fern Tree Gully, Table Mountain, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land John Skinner PROUT Death (La Pieta of the Raft) Greg Semu Pair of wine glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) A young woman of the Sandwich Islands J. K. SHERWIN (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Lar sor sor Ella Savage The arrival Greg Semu Gyro, table Brodie NEILL (designer) Suite of glasses Andrew BROADWAY (designer); Annette WATT (designer) The mysterious basket François BOUCHER Birth Greg Semu The bathers Anne ZAHALKA Pacific Peter UPWARD Outfit: Habanero halter top, Pacific pleats skirt, Hibiscus, feather and Pule headpiece and Towards a ship of new arrivals... necklace DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house); Doris DE PONT (designer); Margo BARTON (milliner); Sofia TEKELA-SMITH Mask fragment Baining people, New Britain, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea Pacific Transformer 1 Tama Sharman Brushing against flowers, fragrance permeates garments KŌSEN Shōton Light Greg Semu A woman of Van Diemen's Land J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) The sighting Greg Semu Carriages Walker EVANS The arrival, diptych Greg Semu Survival and atomic bombing WORLD, Auckland (fashion house); Denise L'ESTRANGE-CORBET (designer); Francis HOOPER (designer); Reuben Paterson Kennedy Space Centre, Fla. Apollo 15 lift-off 9.34am EDT. 26 July 1971 NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer) The Pacific whaling ship UNKNOWN (Scrimshander) Pacific Transformer 2 Tama Sharman MEDAL driftnet Judy Watson H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND An opossum of Van Diemen's Land P. MAZELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman)