Pacific Encounters
Subtitle: Art & Divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Published: July 30, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 287
ISBN-13: 9780824830847
Subjects: General; History - General; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Art and religion; Art, Polynesian; Exhibitions; Material culture; Polynesia
Description: "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."--Jacket.