TAHITIAN ISLANDS: TAHITI, HUAHINI, RAIATEA

  • Map of Polynesian Settlement
  • Portrait of Poedooa 1777 by John Webber, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich
  • Chief's Warrior Helmet, 1774, Pitt River Museum , Oxford , Johnson Photo
  • Typical Dwelling (Fare) in Annamooka 1787 by John Webber, British Museum Library, London
  • Meeting House (Fare Pote'e) Maeva, Huahine, 1974 Johnson Photo
  • Interior of Meeting House, Maeva, Huahine, 1974 Johnson Photo
  • Tapa, Maeva, Huahine, 1974 Johnson Photo
  • Pandanas Basket Maker, Huahine, 1995 Johnson Photo
  • Mahaiatea Marae, Tahiti, etching 1799 by J. Wilson
  • Mahaiatea Marae, Tahiti, built 1766-68, Johnson Photo
  • Human Sacrifice at Otahieite with Capt. Cook, watercolor by John Webber 1777, British Museum Library, London
  • Marae Fare Miro with Utu Tree, Huahine 1985 Johnson Photo
  • Mt. Temehani (Right Foot of Tauroa) Raiatea 1995 Johnson Photo
  • Marae to Fishing God, Raiatea 1995 Johnson Photo
  • Female Ti'i with Ti plant, Taputapuatea Marae,Raiatea, 1995 Johnson Photo
  • Taputapuatea Marae to Oro (God of War), 143' court,Raiatea 1995 Johnson Photo
  • Taputapuatea Marae, Ahu & Human Sacrifice Stone, Raiatea 1995 Johnson Photo
  • Taputapuatea Marae, Part of Altar Area in Front of Enclosed Chamber, Raiatea 1995 Johnson Photo
  • O'o (God Symbol) wood & woven sennit, University of Glasgow,Glasgow Scotland, Johnson Photo
  • Ti'i, wood & feathers, British Museum, London
  • Ti'i, wood, Hunterian, Glasgow, Scotland
  • Two Ti’is, Pitt River Museum, Oxford, Johnson Photo
  • Olivier Renoir, Tattooed Stone Lifter, Hyatt Regency,Papaete, Tahiti, Johnson Photo

    COOK ISLANDS

  • The Needle, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
  • Raratongans Bringing God Images to Rev. John Williams,1837 Cook Islands
  • Raratongans Dancing the Urupiana (Prelude to Lovemaking)Cook Islands
  • Staff God, wood, sennit, tapa, Cook Islands, Otago Museum, Dunedin, Johnson Photo
  • Detail of Above, Johnson Photo
  • Staff God, wood, Cook Islands, Canterbury Museum,Christchurch, Johnson Photo
  • Fisherman's God, wood, Cook Islands, Peabody Museum,Harvard, Johnson Photo
  • God Sculpture, wood, British Museum, London, Johnson Photo
  • Te Po, Cook Island Tatooed Chief, Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, Cambridge
  • Fan, Rarotonga , Peabody/Essex Museum, Salem , Johnson Photo

    AUSTAL ISLANDS

  • Atua A'a, Rurutu, Austral Islands, British Museum, London, Johnson Photo

    MARQUESAS

  • Tattooed Warrior, 1829
  • Feather and Shell Headress, 1774, Pitt River Museum , Oxford , Johnson Photo
  • Seed and Hair Neck Ornaments, 1774, Pitt River Museum , Oxford , Johnson Photo
  • Tattooed Warrior, 1804
  • Pattern Limb for Tattooing, 19th c., Bishop Museum,Honolulu, Johnson Photo
  • Tatooed Arm, Late 1800's, Peabody/Essex Museum, Salem , Johnson Photo
  • Marquesan Leg Tattoo Patterns

    EASTER ISLAND (RAPA NUI)

  • Relief Map of Rapa Nui
  • Moai, Monumental Sculptures, Rano Raraku
  • Moai, Monumental Sculptures Ready for Lowering
  • Moai at Anakena Beach
  • Moai with Topknots on the Ahu at Anakena Beach
  • Back View of Moai at Anakena Beach
  • Moai, stone, from Orongo, British Museum, London
  • Back of Above
  • Lizard Image, British Museum, London
  • 'AO, Ceremonial Dance Paddle, wood & shell eyes, Vienna
  • Rongo Rongo (Talking Boards) Museum of Natural History Washington, D.C.
  • Petroglyphs of Birdmen at Orongo with View of Motu Nui
  • Birdman, Stone, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
  • Tapa Figure, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
  • Tapa Figure, Peabody Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge
  • Feather Headdress, Vienna
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