print email comment close The South Pacific Portraiture of Caroline Mytinger URL: http://hearstmuseum.berkeley.edu/exhibitions/mytinger/ Description: Several dozen paintings and sketches of indigenous peoples of the South Pacific by portrait artist Caroline Mytinger. In 1926, Mytinger undertook "a four-year journey to paint portraits of the tribes people in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea. ... Her goal was to record their traditions before they were forever changed by western cultural influence." Includes commentaries written by the artist. From the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley. Publisher: University of California, Berkeley Dublin Core Material Type: Collection, Text, Image Library of Congress Subject Headings: Artists -- United States Mytinger, Caroline Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs Portraits Solomon Islands -- Social life and customs LII Database Information: Record 22089 created by Tom McGibney on 07/15/2006 Last modification on 07/25/2006 Published: 07/27/2006   California Digital Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/22089