Asmat people, West Papua

Shield
(1979-1984)

Pacific Transformer 4 Tama Sharman A young woman of the Sandwich Islands J. K. SHERWIN (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Fern Tree Gully, Table Mountain, Hobart Town, Van Diemen's Land John Skinner PROUT MEDAL Outfit: Brace jacket, Go west dress, Memory heart necklace and Big heart necklace DORIS DE PONT, Auckland (fashion house); Doris DE PONT (designer) Human head, hacha Maya, Pacific Coast, Guatemala Death (La Pieta of the Raft) Greg Semu Fa'afafine Greg Semu Pacific Transformer 3 Tama Sharman Lar sor sor Ella Savage The Raft Greg Semu Pacific Peter UPWARD The mysterious basket François BOUCHER The Pacific whaling ship UNKNOWN (Scrimshander) 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 Yari country Rover Thomas Kennedy Space Centre, Fla. Apollo 15 lift-off 9.34am EDT. 26 July 1971 NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer) Munul yewala country Paddy Jaminji Yiwarra (Milky Way) Norah Napaljarri Nelson An Epitome of the Natural History of the Insects of New Holland, New Zealand, New Guinea, Otaheite and Other Islands in the Indian, Southern and Pacific Oceans; including the Figures and Descriptions of One Hundred and Fifty Species of the more Splendid, Beautiful and Interesting Insects, Hitherto Discovered in those Countries…, Edward DONOVAN The Raft Greg Semu Brushing against flowers, fragrance permeates garments KŌSEN Shōton driftnet Judy Watson Three ring sail parachutes of Skylab 3 at splashdown in pacific NASA, Washington, D.C. (manufacturer) H'nard K'nore G'nang G'near PACIFIC SISTERS, New Zealand (art collective); Rosanna RAYMOND Pacific Transformer 2 Tama Sharman A woman of Van Diemen's Land J. CALDWELL (engraver); John WEBBER (draughtsman) Gyro, table Brodie NEILL (designer) The arrival, diptych Greg Semu Wubarr ceremony Thompson Yulidirri