Pacific Jewelry and Adornment

As I anticipated this publication on Pacific jewelry and adornment is a striking publication. It is beautifully designed and printed. There are over 240 high-quality photographs illustrating an awesome selection of objects from around the Pacific. The first class photography reveals the exquisite details of artistry used with various materials - all round this book makes great pacific ornamental reference material.

Beautiful and informative book

Of the few books specifically dedicated to ethnic adornment in the Pacific/Oceania this is the most satisfying. The coverage is more extensive than in other books on that subject. Only in a more general book, namely my wife Truus Daalder's *Ethnic Jewellery and Adornment*, is anything similarly comprehensive and thorough found (40% of that 420 pages long book is dedicated to Oceania, including Australia). The authors deserve great praise for the fine pieces chosen, but even more so for producing a genuine BOOK, i.e. one with extensive, thorough and reliable information. This is not just for the coffee-table but offers serious cultural knowledge. Heartily recommended.

Roger Neich is one of the leading experts in Pacific ethnology with a score of informative and readable books and catalogs to his credit. Pacific Jewelry and Adornment is the most recent addition to his remarkable published work. Incorporating some of the best examples of Pacific Jewelry from the Aukland Museum and other collections, the book provides a concise and detailed overview of the diversity of styles, while outlining the forces of migration and trade that influenced the dispersal of form and material. As an ethnologist who has studied and written on Pacific adornment, I have read pretty much everything there is on the subject, and this book is the single best source. Beautifully illustrated also.