POLYNESIA
Subtitle: Arts and Deities 1760-1860
Author: L. Perrois
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. Quai Branly Museum, Paris: June 17 to September 14, 2008
Publisher: Quai Branly Museum, Paris, 2008. Paperback, 4to, size: 22 x 27.5 cm, ISBN 978-2-915133-84-4
Content: 288 p, Library, illustrated with 340 color reproductions, 10 cards, collectors directory, dealers and institutions, index
Further information: Reference book, “Polynesia: Arts and Deities” provides the wonder of discovering these remote parts, such as exciting Polynesian cultures that produced them.
Condition of the structure: As new
Description
“Polynesia: Arts and Gods” brings together for the first time a large number of amazing and remarkable Polynesian objects collected by travelers and missionaries during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. More than 270 objects from throughout Polynesia are presented and illustrated in this book. They come mostly from the British Museum, which preserves pieces of great beauty and extreme rarity collected during expeditions of Captain Cook, Captain Vancouver and members of the “London Missionary Society.” Since the colossal image of the deity to the tiny hook, all are described with their use and meaning and the path that led them in different museums around the world. They tell extraordinary stories of encounters between men and their gods, between Polynesians and Europeans, enter their leaders, ready, beliefs and technology.
Additional information
| Weight | 1180 g |
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| Dimensions | 22 × 27.5 cm |
