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54 Cards in this Set
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Crocodile mask, 19th century, Mer, Torres Strait. |
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Aboriginalrock art with lightening beings, Willeroo Station, Australia |
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Aboriginalrock art, c. 1800 BCE, Wunnumurra Gorge, Barnett River, Kimberley, Australia |
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Bark painting with eel-tail catfish, 1940s, probably from Croker Island, Arnhem Land, Australia |
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Bark painting with bust of bird-like creature, 1940s or 1950s, Groote Eylandt, Arnhem Land, Australia.
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Hemlaut (“old man”) mask, late 19th or early 20th century, Sulka. Pith and other fibers, pigment. |
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Two Sulka men wearing hemlaut masks, c. 1910. |
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Funerary carving (malagan), late 19th-early 20th century, New Ireland, northern region. |
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Funerary carving (malagan), late 19th-early 20th century, New Ireland, northern region. |
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Canoe prow, 19th – 20th century, New Ireland, northern region. |
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Matua malagan mask, 19th century, New Ireland, northern region |
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Lor mask, 19th century, Tolai, New Britain, PNG. Modeled on partial human skull. |
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Canoe figurehead, late 19th-early 20th century, central or western Solomon Islands, possibly New Georgia Island. |
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Ear ornament, mid- to late-19th century, Solomon Islands, New Georgia Island. |
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Skullshrines, Simbo,Solomon Islands, about 1900 |
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Modeled ancestor skull, New Georgia Island, Solomon Islands. |
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Tattooed Female, Solomon Islands |
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Meetinghouse, bai, at Melekeok, Belau, rebuilt c. 1990. |
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Gable Figure (Dilukái), 19th–early 20th century, Belauan people, Belau (Palau), Caroline Islands |
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Woman’s Valuable (Tolúk), late 19th–early 20th century, Belauan people, Belau (Palau), Caroline Islands. Turtle shell. |
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Seated figure, late 19th-early 20th century, Satawan Island, Caroline Islands. Wood, shell, traces of paint and resin. |
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House mask (tapuanu), 19th century (?), Satawan, Mortlock Islands. |
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Weather charm (Hos), late 19th–early 20th century, Yap (?), Caroline Islands. Wood, stingray spines, fiber, lime. |
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Traditional tattooing from the Mashall Islands, colored lithograph after drawings by Louis Choris, 1820-22. |
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Female Figure, early 19th century, Ha'apai Archipelago, Tonga. Whale ivory; H. 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm). |
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Kava bowl, 18th century, Tonga. Wood and coconut fiber. |
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Samoan man with traditional tattoos (pe’a), c. 1890. Photos by Thomas Andrew. |
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Samoan tattoo artists (tufuga ta tatau) at work, c. 1895. Photos by Thomas Andrew. |
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Kava Bowl in the Form of a Turtle (Darivonu), early 19th century, Fiji. Wood; L. 22 in. (55.9 cm). |
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Male Figure (Tiki), 18th–early 19th century, Mangareva, Gambier Islands, French Polynesia. Wood; H. 38 3/4 in. (98.4 cm). |
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Figure of the God Rao, 18th – early 19th century, Mangareva, Mangareva Islands. Wood; H. 104 cm. |
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Fly Whisk (Tahiri [?]), early to mid–19th century, probably Rurutu or Tupua'i, Austral Islands, French Polynesia. Wood, fiber, human hair. |
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Detail of handle. Fly Whisk (Tahiri [?]), early to mid–19th century, probably Rurutu or Tupua'i, Austral Islands, French Polynesia. Wood, fiber, human hair. |
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(To'o) Representing the God 'Oro, 18th century, Maohi (Tahitian) people, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Wood, coconut husk fiber, traces of feathers; H. 18 1/8 in. (46 cm). |
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Double-headed figure (ti’i), late 18th – early 19th century, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Wood. H: 59 cm. |
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Godhouse (fare atua), late 18th – early 19th century, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia. Wood. L: 87cm. |
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Mourning costume, late 18th century, Tahiti, Society Islands, French Polynesia. |
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Maquesan man with traditional tattoos, c. 1880s. |
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Schematic diagram of traditional Maquesan tattoos. |
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Barkcloth effigy, 19th century, Marquesas Islands. Barkcloth. |
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Sculpture of Takaii, Hiva Oa Island, Marquesas Islands. Stone. |
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Moai (Easter Island heads), 1100-1650 CE, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). |
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Male Figure (Moai Tangata), early 19th century, Rapa Nui people, Rapa Nui (Easter Island). Wood, obsidian, bone; H. 16 in. (40.6 cm). |
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Male Figure (Moai Tangata), 18th – early 19th century (before 1827), Rapa Nui people, Rapa Nui (East Island). Wood, bone. H. 16 in. |
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Temple figure (ki’i) depicting Ku-ka'ili-moku, 1790-1810, Kona region, Hawai’i. Wood, H: 267 centimetres. |
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Human figure (stool?), late 18th – early 19th century, Hawai’i. Wood, shell and human teeth. |
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Feathered god figure, late 18th century, Hawai’i. Net basketry, feathers. H: 42 inches. |
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Feathered cape (‘Ahu ‘ula), 18th century, Hawai’i. |
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Feathered cape (‘Ahu ‘ula), pre-1861, Hawai’i. |
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Architectural ornament, Te Tipunga period (ca. 1200–1500), North Island, Kaitaia. Wood; 88 5/8 in. (225 cm). |
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Canoe prow (haumi), Early Maori, Te Tipunga period (ca. 1200–1500), Northland, Doubtless Bay. Wood; L. 42 1/8 in. (107 cm). |
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Burial chest (papa koiwi), 18th – early 19th century, Maori, Auckland Penninsula, New Zealand. Wood. |
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House Post Figure (AmZealando), ca. 1800, Maori people, Te Arawa region, Aotearoa (New). Wood; H. 43 in. (109 cm). |
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‘Fisherman’s God,’ late 18th-early 19th century, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, New Zealand. Wood, paint. H: 33 cm. |