EditorialOrnaments and weapons of the Marquesas Islands. Engraving depicting decorative objects from the Marquesas Islands, visited by James Cook during his second Voyage of Discovery in the South Seas in 1774. It was engraved by Robert Benard (1734-1777), afte...
EditorialMalanggan effigy from New Ireland (Bismarck Archipelago) used for funeral ceremonies and other important events. From the Andre Breton collection. Wood, red ochre, charcoal, cocnut fibre, resin, H: 122 cm Musee du quai Branly, Inv.70.1999.6.1.
EditorialChalice Cover or Portion of a Burse. Italy or Spain. Date: 1675-1725. Dimensions: 24.5 x 23.7 cm (9 5/8 x 9 3/8 in.). Silk, plain weave; embroidered in silk floss and gilt strips wound around a silk fibre core in satin stitches, French knots; attached ...
EditorialWaistcoat. France or England. Date: 1701-1725. Dimensions: 77.8 ? 113.8 cm (30 5/8 ? 44 3/4 in.). Silk, damask weave; embroidered with gilt fris?, gilt strips wound around a silk fibre core in couching over silk floss covered cardboard, couching and st...
Editorial'Beating rubber and beating time - to the tune of an old love-sing'. 'The rubber industry in the Belgian Congo: Thumping rubber to remove particles of wood and fibre'. The Illustrated London News. London, October 2, 1905. Source: Colindale, 465. Langua...
EditorialTHE VILLAGE COMEDY, The landlord was a man of Daniel Lambert build. There was a kind of surliness in his civility. . . His burly form at the doorway, seen from the hill, looked picturesque ; but nearer inspection showed that his fibre was coarse, and h...
EditorialHawaiian drum, collected by Captain James Cook (1728-1779). Wood, dark brown with circular base of five supporting human figures and a sharkskin membrane held by plaited vegetable fibre lashing. H: 29,2 cm Inv. 1977-OC-8-1.