Tradition, trade and woodcarving in Solomon islands

Tradition, Trade and Woodcarving in Solomon Islands is a fieldwork-based anthropological study of woodcarving and the development of handicraft trade in the Melanesian archipelago. It explores the Melanesian culture of Gatokae in the western Solomons and the Polynesian culture of Bellona in the southeastern Solomons alongside the multicultural national capital Honiara, where much of the handicraft trade concentrates.

Tradition, Trade and Woodcarving in Solomon Islands integrates historical anthropology methods with sociological, visual, and artistic analyses of the contemporary sociocultural context of woodcarving art and trade in Solomon Islands. This original research is richly illustrated, and a digital photo archive is found on the cd-rom accompanying the book.