Polynesia: The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art

Author: Kaeppler, AdrienneBrand: Mauna Kea GalleriesBinding: HardcoverFormat: IllustratedNumber Of Pages: 448Release Date: 31-10-2010Details: Product Description Winner of the Samuel Kamakau Award for Hawai‘i Book of the YearThe visual arts of Polynesia offer a richly diverse and relatively little known body of work, covering an enormous geographical area yet linked by shared artistic conventions. The collection of Mark and Carolyn Blackburn, one of the greatest private collections of Polynesian art in the world, encompasses this broad field of artistic endeavor. It features both ceremonial and functional traditional forms in diverse media, from delicate ivory ornaments and decorated barkcloth to formidable weaponry and imposing sculpture in coral, wood, and stone.The geographic spread of the collection is vast, covering the Pacific Ocean from Hawai‘i to Rapa Nui (Easter Island) to ‘Aotearoa (New Zealand), and the many islands in between. Many of the pieces have noteworthy historical