Remote Possibilities - Hoa Hakananai''a and Hms Topaze on Rapa Nui

Klappentext This paper is a considerably revised version of the 1992 British Museum Occasional Paper No. 73 by the same author. The book describes how! when and by whom Hoa Hakanai'a was collected. It also reconstructs the underlying Rapanui aesthetic and social structure that produced Hoa Hakanai'a ! and which has been obscured by time and historic accident. Zusammenfassung This paper is a considerably revised version of the 1992 British Museum Occasional Paper No. 73 by the same author. The book describes how! when and by whom Hoa Hakanai'a was collected. It also reconstructs the underlying Rapanui aesthetic and social structure that produced Hoa Hakanai'a ! and which has been obscured by time and historic accident.

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• Authors: Jo Anne Van Tilburg, Jo Anne Van Tilburg
• Assisted by: Cristian Arevalo Pakarati (Illustration)
• Publisher: British Museum Publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.04.2006
• EAN: 9780861591589
• ISBN: 978-0-86159-158-9
• No. of pages: 76
• Series: British Museum Research Publication; British Museum Research Paper; British Museum Research Publication; British Museum Research Public; British Museum Research Publications
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology