MAKING CONTACT.

The article features art collector Michael Hamson and his interest in Papua New Guinea's tribal art. His interest on the country's tribal art began in 1993 when he attended a Santa Monica art fair during a break from his job as a merchant seaman on an oil tanker. His first trip to the country was in 1995. Hamson has purchased a Lumi bowl which was carved from a single piece of wood with bone or stone tools. It notes that since 1995, Hamson has committed the country's tribal art. He has trained a squad of scouts who seek objects on his behalf.