Tridacna gigas. Objets de prestige en Mélanésie de la période Lapita aux chasseurs de têtes, et jusqu'à nos jours. Beaux-arts of "La Bella scuola"

of "La Bella scuola"

Un travelling ludique qui rend l'art accessible à tous

18 Fragments de typologie

nothing is more difficult to grasp

C’est aussi un livre majeur parce que les ouvrages fondamentaux sur le sujet sont anciens et que les monographies

Tridacna gigas. Objets de prestige en Mélanésie de la période Lapita aux chasseurs de têtes, et jusqu'à nos jours. Beaux-arts of "La Bella scuola"An exceptional material, the fossil clam gave rise to unique and eminently precious objects, prized by men of power in Melanesia. To maintain the prerogatives due to their social position, the latter had to display unusual insignia. Unlike wooden sculptures, the fossil clam resists degradation over time, it favored for many generations the donation of these invaluable goods from father to son, which helped to nourish the divine character of certain