First  cover of 'OCEANIC ART AND EUROPEAN MUSEUMS. (Pacific Presences 4B- Volume 2). (Hardback edition).'

OCEANIC ART AND EUROPEAN MUSEUMS. (Pacific Presences 4B- Volume 2). (Hardback edition).

Carreau, Lucie.; Clarke, Alison.; Jelinek, Alana.; Lilje, Erna.; Thomas, Nicholas.

512 pp.; 265 colour and 78 b/w illus., biblio.. Series: Pacific Presences 4B- Volume 2. Leiden, 2018. Hbk.

book nr. 14003                 € 225,00

Hundreds of thousands of works of art and artefacts from many parts of the Pacific are dispersed across European museums. They range from seemingly quotidian things such as fish-hooks and baskets to great sculptures of divinities, architectural forms and canoes. These collections constitute a remarkable resource for understanding history and society across Oceania, cross-cultural encounters since the voyages of Captain Cook, and the colonial transformations that have taken place since. They are also collections of profound importance for Islanders today, who have varied responses to their displaced heritage, and renewed interest in ancestral forms and practices. Volume II illustrates the sheer variety of Pacific artefacts and histories in museums, and similarly the heterogeneity of the issues and opportunities that they raise. Over thirty essays explore materialities, collection histories, legacies of empire, and contemporary projects.