Hardcover,(also softcover), University Of Hawaii Press, 1996,10" x 9", 338 Pages ,382 illustrations, 9 Maps, several tables of linguisatic distinctions.
Fasinating study of Vanuatu Arts, (known as New Hebrides before independence.) Arts Of Vanuatu is the first major contemporary anthropological study of this rich ethnographic region . Chapters include Languages & People, Men's Art/Women's Art, The Art Of Relating, The Art Of Power, Mostly color illustrations featiring a wide array of objects, people and buildings. Some of the most powerful tribal art in the world, including masks, ritual figures, funerary effigies, flutes, combs, drums etc.