Wamena Gallery

Art Océanien - Curiosités scientifiques du 16ème au 19ème Siècle Membre de la Fédération Nationale des Experts Professionnels Spécialisés en oeuvres d'art Membre de la Guilde des Experts

A native of Auckland, New Zealand, Michael received a Master’s Degree in Art History from Auckland University. He has over 15 years experience in the business of Fine Art, and has worked with dealers in New Zealand, Great Britain and the United States. In 2004 he branched out and started dealing exclusively in tribal art, specializing in Oceanic Art and 19th Century Photography of peoples from the South Pacific. Michael participates in a number of Tribal Art Fairs, including the San Francisco and New York Tribal Art Shows and the Whitehawk Ethnographic Show in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Michael Hamson Oceanic Art/Material Culture is a private gallery dealing in museum quality art primarily from New Guinea. With a Masters degree in African and Oceanic Art History and years of field experience in the most remote areas of New Guinea.

The only Primitive Art gallery in Europe devoted exclusively to the fine arts of Oceania. This specialization gives our clients, both private collectors and public institutions, the unique opportunity to purchase pieces that are chosen for their aesthetic qualities, condition and rarity.

Specialized in oceanian tapa cloth, Alain Brianchon presents you a wide selection of usual and authentic bark cloth. Ancient for some, more recent for others, they are always selected carefully for their traditional quality. cialized in oceanian tapa cloth, Alain Brianchon presents you a wide selection of usual and authentic bark cloth. Ancient for some, more recent for others, they are always selected carefully for their traditional quality.

Paula van den Berg and Koos Knol travel frequently through all parts of Melanesia; mainly West papua, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu, collecting, documenting, filming and writing. In their exposition room in Wormerveer everybody is always welcome to see their latest collection of Melanesian tribal art for sale.

Ron Perry and Carolyn Leigh - collecting New Guinea art in the field since 1964.