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The most famous Polynesian art forms are the Moai (statues) of Rapa Nui/Easter Island. Polynesian art is characteristically ornate, and often meant to contain supernatural power or mana. [15] Polynesian works of art were thought to contain spiritual power and could effect change in the world. [16]
The tuhuna are not only adept at wood carving, but are also skilled at tattoo art and adze manufacture. [1] Marquesan wooden crafts are considered among the finest in French Polynesia ; they are highly sought after, [ 2 ] and of consistently high quality, [ 3 ] although weaving, basket-making, and pareu painting is more popular, especially ...
Tiki culture is an American-originated art, music, and entertainment movement inspired by Polynesian, Melanesian, and Micronesian cultures, and by Oceanian art.Influential cultures to Tiki culture include Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Polynesia, the Caribbean Islands, and Hawaii.
Painting by Gottfried Lindauer of a moko being carved into a man's face by a tohunga-tā-moko (tattooist) A collection of kōrere (feeding funnels). Historically the skin was carved by uhi [6] (chisels), rather than punctured as in common contemporary tattooing; this left the skin with grooves rather than a smooth surface.
Gilsemans produced a number of drawings that documented island and native life. His depictions of the Māori people were the first for Europeans. [1] [3] A sketcher and cartographer, he is thought to have been responsible for the coastal profiles in Tasman's journal and therefore the first European to make an image of Van Diemen's Land. [4]
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Two Tahitian Women is an 1899 painting by Paul Gauguin.It depicts two topless women, one holding mango blossoms, on the Pacific Island of Tahiti.The painting is part of the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and was donated to the museum by William Church Osborn in 1949.