This is an important book that deserves a wide readership. It combines the excellent production values of an art book ‒ there are 306 exquisitely reproduced images ‒ with incisive analysis and very collaborative research practices.
History
Journal
Journal of Pacific History
Volume
52
Pagination
540-542
Location
Abingdon, Eng.
ISSN
0022-3344
eISSN
1469-9605
Language
eng
Notes
Melanesia: Art and Encounter. Edited by Lissant Bolton, Nicholas Thomas, Elizabeth Bonshek, Julie Adams and Ben Burt. London, British Museum Press, 2013. 384 pp., illus., maps, bibliog., index. ISBN 9780714125961 (hbk).