Contents
Laurence Mattet Editorial
Peter Schmid Malapa: Another Milestone in the History of Humanity
David Matthey Idealization and Realism: Classical Portrait Heads from the Barbier-Mueller Collection
Esmeralda Reynoso Camacho Frida and Mexicanity
Jean-François Bouchard Pre-Colombian Ecuador
Ivo Grammet Jewellery from Southern Morocco
Suzanne Preston Blier Of Horses and Pots: Early Nigerian Arts of Conveyance
Karolina Marcinkowska A Mahafaly alo-alo Funerary Post from the Barbier-Mueller Museum
Pippa Skotnes Blood of the Rain
Nigel Barley Ramblings
Mathilde Dherissard Nomadic Expanses: The Nenets of Northern Russia
Jean-Dominique Michel Psychic Surgery in the Philippines: Faith Therapy
Floriane Morin The Silence of the bur bur: Enquiry into the Head Sculptures of New Britain
André Delpuech A Recent Acquisition by the Musée du Quai Branly: A Taino Vomiting Stick
Robert Kopp “The Holbeins of Basel”: Spotlight on the Oldest Museum in the World
Laurence Mattet October 2010: A Royal Visit to Geneva
Art Market
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller Primitive Art: Africa, Oceania, Asia, the Americas
Annie Kévorkian Archaeology: Europe, Near and Middle East
Simon de Pury Modern and Contemporary Art
Jean Paul Barbier-Mueller Confidentially Yours
