Share your Papua New Guinea pieces - Collecting Tiki

S swizzle Tiki Socialite Melbourne,Australia Joined: Jun 03, 2007 Posts: 1460	S swizzle Posted posted on Sat, Oct 12, 2024 10:25 PM in reply to Prikli Pear If you're talking about the Oceanic art groups on Facebook Prikli Pear then i totally agree with you. 90% of the comments are exactly what you said, and of the 10% that are helpful and say where the item is from, half of those will still say it's a worthless tourist item. It really pisses me off actually. Not everyone can afford, or has access to, museum quality and/or vintage collections, and most people don't care. Sure most people, myself included, would love to say, "Oh that piece was collected in 1924 from a village in PNG" and not, "I got it at a market stall in PNG outside the airport", but we collect these artworks because they're amazing hand crafted items that look cool. Not because of their monetary value. And i definitely recommend tracking down that book i posted. Has a lot of photos of masks (and other artwork) in it. This book was printed in 1974..... .....and although it does have quite a few pics of artwork in it, it is more about the people. Still worth grabbing if you can find it for a reasonable price. And this one i actually won at a local auction house just last week. Printed in 1988 but still full of older works and more like a catalogue like the first book i posted. I highly recommend this one as well.

If you're talking about the Oceanic art groups on Facebook Prikli Pear then i totally agree with you. 90% of the comments are exactly what you said, and of the 10% that are helpful and say where the item is from, half of those will still say it's a worthless tourist item.

It really pisses me off actually. Not everyone can afford, or has access to, museum quality and/or vintage collections, and most people don't care. Sure most people, myself included, would love to say, "Oh that piece was collected in 1924 from a village in PNG" and not, "I got it at a market stall in PNG outside the airport", but we collect these artworks because they're amazing hand crafted items that look cool. Not because of their monetary value.

And i definitely recommend tracking down that book i posted. Has a lot of photos of masks (and other artwork) in it.

This book was printed in 1974..... .....and although it does have quite a few pics of artwork in it, it is more about the people. Still worth grabbing if you can find it for a reasonable price.

And this one i actually won at a local auction house just last week. Printed in 1988 but still full of older works and more like a catalogue like the first book i posted. I highly recommend this one as well.

Post #814073 by swizzle on Sat, Oct 12, 2024 10:25 PM