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Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860 - Brossura

Hooper, Steven

 
9780824830847: Pacific Encounters: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860
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ISBN 10: 0824830849 ISBN 13: 9780824830847
Casa editrice: Univ of Hawaii Pr, 2006

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Pacific Encounters brings together for the first time many stunning Polynesian objects collected by voyagers and missionaries during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Illustrated are over 270 items gathered from the major regions of Polynesia. Many are from the British Museum, which houses fine and rare material from the expeditions of Captain Cook, Captain Vancouver, and members of the London Missionary Society. Ranging from massive images of gods to small fish hooks, they are discussed in the contexts of their local use and meanings, and their journeys to museums all over the world. These pieces have remarkable stories to tell of encounters between humans and their gods, between Polynesians and Europeans, their respective chiefs and priests, beliefs, and technologies.

Pacific Encounters is a groundbreaking book that conveys the wonder and excitement not only of the objects themselves, but of the fascinating Polynesian cultures that produced them.

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Editore
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2006
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0824830849
ISBN 13 
9780824830847
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
287
Contatto del produttore
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Persona responsabile
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