Living spirits with fixed abodes: the masterpieces exhibition : Papua New Guinea Na…
by Project Muse, Busse, Mark, Crawford, A. L., (Anthony Leonard), Becker, David, Soroi Marepo Eoe, Craig, Barry, National Museum and Art Gallery (Papua New Guinea)
fromUPCC book collections on Project MUSE
In 1977, the Papua New Guinea National Museum and Art Gallery moved into a new building, located next to, but constructed before, the National Parliament. The new nation adopted a constitution, the preamble to which asserts: We, the people of Papua New Guinea … pay homage to the…
On the eve of Papua New Guinea's attainment of independence from Australia, the Chief Minister, Michael Somare, referred to the new nation's cultural treasures as 'living spirits with fixed abodes'. He was referring to the prevailing belief of Papua New Guineans that everything …