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Poetry in Motion : studies of Tongan Dance.
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ISBN: 9822130031 Year: 1993 Publisher: Tonga Vava'u Press

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Artificial curiosities : an exposition of native manufactures collected on the three Pacific voyages of Captain James Cook, R. N.
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ISSN: 00676179 ISBN: 0910240248 9780910240246 Year: 1978 Volume: 65 Publisher: Honolulu Bishop museum press

The Pacific arts of Polynesia & Micronesia
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ISBN: 1281371351 9786611371357 0191539996 9780191539992 0192842382 9780192842381 6611371354 Year: 2008 Publisher: Oxford Oxford University Press

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Including both traditional and contemporary arts, this book introduces the rich artistic traditions of the Pacific island chains of Polynesia and Micronesia, traditions that have had a considerable impact on western art in the twentieth century through the influence of artists such as Gauguin.


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Art and aesthetics
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Year: 1989 Publisher: Honolulu (Hawaii) : University of Hawaii press,

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Artificial Curiosities : An Exposition of Native Manufactures Collected on the Three Pacific Voyages of Captain James Cook, R.N
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Year: 1978 Publisher: Honolulu Bishop Museum Press

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Cook, James --- Pacific Ocean


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Eleven Gods Assembled : An Exhibition of Hawaiian Wooden Images
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Year: 1979 Publisher: Honolulu B.P. Bishop Museum

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Melody, drone and decoration : underlying structures and surface manifestations in Tongan art and society
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Publisher: London Duckworth

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textile materials --- Tonga


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Papuan gulf masks from the village of Muru
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Ceremonial Masks : A Melanesian Art Style

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Polynesia : Mark and Carolyn Blackburn collection of Polynesian art
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ISBN: 9781883528386 2009903103 Year: 2010 Publisher: Honolulu Honolulu Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Distributed by the University of Hawaiʻi Press University of Hawai'i press

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"The visual arts of Polynesia offer a richly diverse and relatively little known body of work, covering an enormous geographical area yet linked by shared artistic conventions. The collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world, encompasses this broad field of artistic endeavor. It features both ceremonial and functional traditional forms in diverse media, from delicate ivory ornaments and decorated barkcloth to formidable weaponry and imposing sculpture in coral, wood, and stone. The geographic spread of the collection is vast, covering the Pacific Ocean from Hawaii to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to Aotearoa (New Zealand), and the many islands in between. Many of the pieces have noteworthy historical antecedents, such as items associated with the eighteenth-century voyages of Captain Cook, and the Dupetit-Thouars material from the Marquesas, first collected by the nineteenth-century French admiral of that name. In this book, for the first time, these unique works of art are on display, fully described and annotated, for the enjoyment and appreciation of scholars, collectors, and interested readers alike. Selected paintings, drawings, engravings, and photographs from the Blackburn collection give context to the artifacts and essays. Items from each geographical and cultural area are described within their cultural and historical context. In Polynesia, the visual arts and their associated objects serve as physical representations of the underlying aesthetic, social, and religious aspects of the island cultures. In some cases, these eloquent objects may be all that remains to speak of these once-living traditions. This publication allows these remarkable works to communicate directly with the modern viewer."--Publisher description.

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