Tridacna gigas. Objets de prestige en Mélanésie de la période Lapita aux chasseurs de têtes, et jusqu'à nos jours. Beaux-arts Un travelling ludique qui rend

Un travelling ludique qui rend l'art accessible à tous

but rather attempts to show how everyday needs have always stimulated inventiveness

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Tridacna gigas. Objets de prestige en Mélanésie de la période Lapita aux chasseurs de têtes, et jusqu'à nos jours. Beaux-arts Un travelling ludique qui rendAn exceptional material, the fossil clam gave rise to unique and eminently precious objects, prized by men of power in Melanesia. To maintain the prerogatives due to their social position, the latter had to display unusual insignia. Unlike wooden sculptures, the fossil clam resists degradation over time, it favored for many generations the donation of these invaluable goods from father to son, which helped to nourish the divine character of certain