Tridacna gigas. Objets de prestige en Mélanésie de la période Lapita aux chasseurs de têtes, et jusqu'à nos jours. Grande Grèce Marti: A Middle Assyrian cylinder

Marti: A Middle Assyrian cylinder seal discovered at Bash Tapa

se promener dans des jardins somptueux

retenu pour la scénographie

and champagne becomes a major ingredient in works of art and architecture

- Chapter 2

Tridacna gigas. Objets de prestige en Mélanésie de la période Lapita aux chasseurs de têtes, et jusqu'à nos jours. Grande Grèce Marti: A Middle Assyrian cylinderAn 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