Traditional New Guinea Art
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The Madang Teachers’ College has produced a book of drawings called Traditional Art and Craft, containing drawings of artifacts from the New Guinea Islands, the Morobe, Gulf and Sepik Districts and Irian Jaya.
The 66-page book was printed by Kristen Pres Incorporated of Madang and was illustrated by the lecturer in art and craft at the Madang Teachers’
College, Mr R. Christensen.
The cover design of the book depicts a Bougainville Dance Shield.
Traditional Art and Craft was produced mainly to help children in
schools throughout Papua New Guinea to learn about their own culture, • Former deputy director of Educa tion in the Cook Islands, Dr Bill wbo now . Lecturer in Education at Macquarie University, Sydney, is later this year bringing out a A b °°* ln T- Pen B uin „ senes called Australia in Figures. This is a book ot graphics showing all sorts of statistics, such as road fatalities, population, immigration, trade, but in a form which allows comparisons, and a quick understanding of trends.