THE ANCESTRAL ART OF THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS – YOU HAA TUPUNA KAKIU NO. TEHENUA ENANA
Authors: N. BERTHELIER / BIHOUEE P. / BLAU D / GUIOT H. / MEYER Anthony JP / OTTINO–GARANGER P. & MN. / STEFANI C.
Material Type: Exhibition Catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts, Chartres: 2008
Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts in Chartres, Vol. 4, Chartres, 2008. Paperback, 4to, size: 21 X 28 cm, ISBN –
Content: 158 p, Library .. Very many ill.. & B / w photos. and col. 3 cards + 1 on 4th of coverage lexicon
Additional Information: Limited publication, edition of 500 copies sold out .. Work
State of the work: nine
Description
This thematic book traces the history of the discovery and re-discovery of the Marquesas Islands then studied successively ancestral Marquesan society, unpublished descriptions cotumes Marquesas in 1840, tiki, stilts “vae tapu” and “vae kae” the tattoo “you patu tiki” the clubs “u’u” heads sticks “tokotoko pio“, the fans and handles of fans “tahi’i” and “ke’e tahi’i” then, various ornaments ornaments, such as crowns, head collar, headdress feathers, tiaras, headband, ear ornaments and pectoral necklaces, punches, skulls and funeral, the slings and spears, musical instruments and communication, such as tubes and shells, flutes, drums, and then, housing, adze, breadfruit, drumsticks, tapa, containers, the information on the canoes of the Earth men, such as bows and paddles and finally among other fishing hooks, harpoons, magic fish, weights and curios to finish.
Additional information
| Weight | 1010 g |
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| Dimensions | 21 × 28 cm |
