Pacific Encounters

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  • Pacific Encounters Book Detail

  • Author : Steven Hooper
  • Release Date : 2006-06-30
  • Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
  • Genre : Art
  • Pages : 296
  • ISBN 13 : 9780824830847
  • File Size : 17,17 MB

Pacific Encounters by Steven Hooper PDF Summary

Book 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. 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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