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Pacific presences. Volume 1, Oceanic art and European museums /
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 remark...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden :
Sidestone Press,
[2018]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | 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 disp. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource |
| ISBN: | 9789088905919 9088905916 |