With the aim of exploring untouched cultures and peoples on their home territory, and of describing their way of life, Oceania - in particular Melanesia - was selected as a focus for research commencing in 1910. Today, the collection comprises many objects from Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia and Australia. These document continuity and change in the ways of life prevailing in Oceania.
Dr. Alexandra Wessel
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