Tiki Central / General Tiki / WHEN and WHERE did Melanesian art enter Polynesian Pop?
Post #512071 by bananabobs on Fri, Feb 19, 2010 5:59 PM
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Melanesia is a subregion of Oceania extending from the western end of the Pacific Ocean to the Arafura Sea, and eastward to Fiji. The region comprises most of the islands immediately north and northeast of Australia. The name Melanesia was first used by Jules Dumont d'Urville in 1832 to denote an ethnic and geographical grouping of islands distinct from Polynesia and Micronesia. I had to look it up and I figured someone else might want to know. [ Edited by: bananabobs 2010-02-22 19:40 ] |