page_title: Jewellery in the Pacific
hierarchical_section_title: Jewellery in the Pacific
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Pendentif anthropomorphe (hei tiki), jade néphrite (pounamu),coquille d'abalone et pigments, culture maori, 1500-1800. Présenté dans le cadre de l'exposition "Maori, leurs trésors ont une âme", au Musée des Arts Premiers à Paris, fin 2011-début 2012. English: Anthropomorphic pendant (hei tiki), jade (nephrite), abalone shell and pigments, Maori culture, 1500-1800. In the exhibition "Maori, their treasures have got a soul", in the Musée des Arts Premiers in Paris, from the end of 2011 to the begining of 2012.
context_page_description: Jewellery making in the Pacific started later than in other areas, due to relatively recent human settlement. Early Polynesian jewellery, which was made of bone, wood and other natural materials, has not survived. The precise start of island jewellery-making is difficult to pinpoint, due to many of the island nations' founders migrating there from other areas, such as Tahiti.
  Most Pacific jewellery is worn above the waist. Headdresses, necklaces, hair pins and arm and waist belts are the most common pieces amongst island cultures.
context_section_description: Jewellery making in the Pacific started later than in other areas, due to relatively recent human settlement. Early Polynesian jewellery, which was made of bone, wood and other natural materials, has not survived. The precise start of island jewellery-making is difficult to pinpoint, due to many of the island nations' founders migrating there from other areas, such as Tahiti.
  Most Pacific jewellery is worn above the waist. Headdresses, necklaces, hair pins and arm and waist belts are the most common pieces amongst island cultures.
caption: Māori hei-tiki, 1500-1800, jade (nephrite), from New Zealand,  Musée du quai Branly – Jacques Chirac (Paris)
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