Tiki : Marquesan art and the Krusenstern expedition.

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Created across the six islands of a remote archipelago in eastern Polynesia, the art of the Marquesas is one of the world's most distinctive and remarkable art traditions. Though exhibited in major museums around the world, Marquesan art is nevertheless poorly understood, and the formation of collections still largely unresearched. This book documents and explores the most extensive early collection from the archipelago. In May, 1804, participants in the first Russian voyage round the world, usually known as the Krusenstern expedition after the principal commander, spent twelve days at the isla.

Intro -- Abbreviations -- Preface -- Introduction -- Nicholas Thomas -- Part one -- collections -- Making collections: the Krusenstern expedition at Nuku Hiva -- Elena Govor -- From Nuku Hiva to Europe: the collections' histories -- Elena Govor -- Part two -- Contexts -- Te Henua: the Marquesan environment -- Pierre Ottino -- Nuku Hiva in 1825: Artefacts collected during the voyage of the Maria Reigersberg and the Pollux -- Caroline van Santen -- Tiki, mana, history: reflections on Marquesan art and the Krusenstern expedition -- Nicholas Thomas -- Part three -- catalogue

Tiki: a catalogue of artefacts from Nuku Hiva collected or recorded by members of the Krusenstern expedition -- Elena Govor with Nicholas Thomas, Maia Nuku, Julie Adams, Katharina Haslwanter and Ekaterina Balakhonova -- Endnotes -- Select bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- Lege pagina -- Lege pagina

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