Les Marquisiens et leur art. Volume III : Les collections. Arts graphiques which he glimpsed in primitive

which he glimpsed in primitive and popular arts

and cartography

de Chinguetti aux oasis égyptiennes

Tome 2 : REM 0401 à REM 0851

Les Marquisiens et leur art. Volume III : Les collections. Arts graphiques which he glimpsed in primitiveThe Marquesans and Their Art is a must read for anyone interested in Marquesan civilization and Eastern Polynesia. It is the result of a detailed study of the various forms of artistic expressionthen threatened with extinctionconducted by Karl von den Steinen, a German doctor in the archipelago at the end of the 19th century. It has been a reference work since its first publication in 1925. Its success for nearly a century has never been denied, even