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Post #8830 by jtiki on Fri, Sep 20, 2002 10:39 AM

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I'm sitting here with the Fairfax County libray copy of Nicholas Thomas' "Oceanic Art," taking the time to consider the source of all this Tiki devotion.

Often I have considered purchasing a more comprehensive overview of the oceanic arts and was looking at the Amazon offerings.

Does anyone have any opinions on books that offer the best visuals (I'm not ready to read any art history criticism) of Oceanic or Polynesian art?

Amazon offers the Thomas book (very small and not very colorful). They also have books by Anthony J. P. Meyer and Adrienne L. Kaeppler. But these are big (i.e., expensive books) and I thought I would troll for opinions first.

j

the amazon listings are:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/3895080802/ref=cm_wl_ovu-pg.1-pos.12/002-6723410-3785607?coliid=I1I51RY1JOFKSJ

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0810936933/glance/ref=lib_rd_ss/002-6723410-3785607

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0500202818/qid=1032539554/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/002-6723410-3785607?v=glance&s=books