Pacific Encounters
£25.00
This book brings together for the first time many stunning Polynesian objects gathered during the early period of contact with European voyagers, missionaries and settlers. The book will present, in eight thematic sections, around 270 items with short captions, including sculptures in wood and stone; feather and basketry images; feather cloaks; wood bowls; decorated bark cloths; and ornaments and valuables of ivory, shell, bone and nephrite. The objects will be drawn from the major regions of Polynesia: the Society Islands (Tahiti), Austral Islands, Cook Islands, Marquesas Islands, Hawaii, Easter Island, Tonga, Fiji, Samoa and New Zealand. Two introductory essays will place the objects in their cultural and historical contexts. The first will focus on the role, meaning and interpretation of Polynesian art and material culture; the second on the history of the collection of this material by explorers (Cook et al.), missionaries and traders, and the routes by which it eventually came to
In Detail
Product code: cmc25756
Price category: £10 to £25
World culture: Polynesian
Title: Pacific Encounters
Subtitle: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860
Author: Steven Hooper
ISBN: 9780714125756
Number of pages: 272
Size: 276x219mm
llustrations: 320 colour and 10 b/w
Standard UK delivery: 3-5 working days (overseas delivery times may vary)
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