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Explore diverse Pacific cultures through art depicting rituals and ceremonial traditions in New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, and the Marshall Islands.
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Te Hau ki Turanga in Manawhenua exhibition. Reproduced courtesy of Te Papa, Wellington, New Zealand
Korambo House, Abelam Culture, Papua New Guinea. Ceremonial houses (korambo) and Ceremonial grounds (amei) are the focus of most rituals connected with the life-cycle events in Abelam culture
Interior of a ceremonial house (KORAMBO), Abelam people, East Sepik Province, New Guinea
Two typical basket yam masks. Yam decorated with basket mask and multiple woven and balsa wood fans.
Men's House, no date. Kapriman people, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea
Wapepe Navigation Chart, Marshall Islands, Micronesia. 19th C. Sticks, coconut fiber, shells.
Artist: Yirawala Title: Yirritja moiety, 1970 Ochres on bark, 66.5 x 28cm
Artist: Roy Riwa Title: Crab Totems, 1970s Ochres on bark, 69.5 x 30.4cm