Polynesians Collection (page 8)

New Zealand, 1890s: Terrace of Sulphur (b/w photo)
8662555 New Zealand, 1890s: Terrace of Sulphur (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Terrace of Sulphur)

New Zealand, 1890s: An Ice Cave (b/w photo)
8662551 New Zealand, 1890s: An Ice Cave (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: An Ice Cave)

New Zealand, 1890s: Tararu Creek (b/w photo)
8662545 New Zealand, 1890s: Tararu Creek (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tararu Creek)

New Zealand, 1890s: Otira Gorge (b/w photo)
8662531 New Zealand, 1890s: Otira Gorge (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Otira Gorge)

New Zealand, 1890s: Roadmen's Hut (b/w photo)
8662528 New Zealand, 1890s: Roadmen's Hut (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Roadmen's Hut)

New Zealand, 1890s: Climbing the Onslow (b/w photo)
8662525 New Zealand, 1890s: Climbing the Onslow (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Climbing the Onslow)

New Zealand, 1890s: Cashel Street (b/w photo)
8662524 New Zealand, 1890s: Cashel Street (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Cashel Street)

New Zealand, 1890s: Lower End of Te Anau (b/w photo)
8662483 New Zealand, 1890s: Lower End of Te Anau (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lower End of Te Anau)

New Zealand, 1890s: Carriers (b/w photo)
8662511 New Zealand, 1890s: Carriers (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carriers)

New Zealand, 1890s: Pack Mules (b/w photo)
8662510 New Zealand, 1890s: Pack Mules (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pack Mules)

New Zealand, 1890s: Auckland Harbour (b/w photo)
8662383 New Zealand, 1890s: Auckland Harbour (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Auckland Harbour)

New Zealand, 1890s: Kawau Island (b/w photo)
8662381 New Zealand, 1890s: Kawau Island (b/w photo) by New Zealand Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Kawau Island)

Queen Street Wharf, Auckland (engraving)
8648063 Queen Street Wharf, Auckland (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Street Wharf, Auckland)

Mount Egmont, from the Sea (engraving)
8648062 Mount Egmont, from the Sea (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Mount Egmont, from the Sea)

Queen's Wharf, Loading Frozen Mutton (engraving)
8648060 Queen's Wharf, Loading Frozen Mutton (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen's Wharf, Loading Frozen Mutton)

Rewi Mani Poto (engraving)
8648086 Rewi Mani Poto (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Rewi Mani Poto. Illustration for Picturesque Atlas of Australasia edited by Andrew Garran)

Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Hawaii (colour litho)
8646575 Walter Trier's crazy costumes: Hawaii (colour litho) by Trier, Walter (1890-1951); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hawaii)

Le Geyser Noir, Nouvelle-Zelande (colour litho)
8649494 Le Geyser Noir, Nouvelle-Zelande (colour litho) by Gerardin, Auguste (1849-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Le Geyser Noir, Nouvelle-Zelande)

Christ Church, Hall (b/w photo)
8642205 Christ Church, Hall (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Christ Church, Hall)

"Tom Quad" in Christchurch, built by Cardinal Wolsey, and renovated during Dr Liddell's term of office as
8651709 "Tom Quad" in Christchurch, built by Cardinal Wolsey, and renovated during Dr Liddell's term of office as Dean (colour litho) by Wildman

"They looked like demons as they worried at the line" (litho)
8651302 "They looked like demons as they worried at the line" (litho) by Rountree, Harry (Herbert R.) (1878-1950); Private Collection; (add.info)

Wellington Harbour (engraving)
8651254 Wellington Harbour (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Wellington Harbour)

Dunedin (engraving)
8651251 Dunedin (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dunedin. Illustration for Picturesque Atlas of Australasia edited by Andrew Garran)

Carved House in King Country (engraving)
8648083 Carved House in King Country (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carved House in King Country)

Tamati Waka Nene (engraving)
8648077 Tamati Waka Nene (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Tamati Waka Nene)

Queen Street, Auckland (engraving)
8648068 Queen Street, Auckland (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Queen Street, Auckland)

Hop-Picking near Nelson (engraving)
8648056 Hop-Picking near Nelson (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Hop-Picking near Nelson)

Port Chalmers (engraving)
8648052 Port Chalmers (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Port Chalmers. Illustration for Picturesque Atlas of Australasia edited by Andrew Garran)

Captain H Wolman with HM 80th Foot capturing the Notorious Pirate Schooner Hanna Mercury Isld Oct 26th 1843
7341803 Captain H Wolman with HM 80th Foot capturing the Notorious Pirate Schooner Hanna Mercury Isld Oct 26th 1843, 1843 (watercolour) by Unknown Artist

Apia Bay, Upolu, NavigatorsIslands [Samoa] Septr 18th 1849, 1849 (graphite, wash)
7295603 Apia Bay, Upolu, NavigatorsIslands [Samoa] Septr 18th 1849, 1849 (graphite, wash) by Fanshawe, Admiral Sir Edward Gennys (1814-1906); 18.2x32.6 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Matavai Bay and Point Venus, Tahiti, Augt 24th 1849 [Society Islands], 1849 (graphite, wash)
7295594 Matavai Bay and Point Venus, Tahiti, Augt 24th 1849 [Society Islands], 1849 (graphite, wash) by Fanshawe, Admiral Sir Edward Gennys (1814-1906); 22.7x32.5 cm; National Maritime Museum

A View of Point Venus and Matavai Bay, 18th century (oil on canvas)
7295310 A View of Point Venus and Matavai Bay, 18th century (oil on canvas) by Hodges, William (1744-97); 34.5x51.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Pacific Station in HMS Triumph - Plate 14, Cooks monument, Hawaii. 1879 (photo, cloth, leather, paper)
7342439 Pacific Station in HMS Triumph - Plate 14, Cooks monument, Hawaii. 1879 (photo, cloth, leather, paper) by Bedford, Frederick George Denham (1838-1913); 37.8x50.8 cm; National Maritime Museum

Apia Bay, Upolu, Navigators Islands, [Samoa] from verandah of my sick quarters, Novr 6th 1849, 1849 (watercolour)
7295612 Apia Bay, Upolu, Navigators Islands, [Samoa] from verandah of my sick quarters, Novr 6th 1849, 1849 (watercolour) by Fanshawe

A cascade in the Tuaruru Valley, Tahiti, 1773 (oil on panel)
7295315 A cascade in the Tuaruru Valley, Tahiti, 1773 (oil on panel) by Hodges, William (1744-97); 49.9x64.1 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Tahiti: Bearing south east 1773, 1775 (oil on panel)
7295309 Tahiti: Bearing south east 1773, 1775 (oil on panel) by Hodges, William (1744-97); 24.5x47.5 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Hawaiian native in ceremonial masks
3480331 Hawaiian native in ceremonial masks; (add.info.: Hawaiian native in ceremonial masks; By John Webber (1751 - 1793)

Hawaiian native in ceremonial feathered attire
3480327 Hawaiian native in ceremonial feathered attire; (add.info.: Hawaiian native in ceremonial feathered attire; By John Webber (1751 - 1793)

German forces seize Samoa, 1899
3480878 German forces seize Samoa, 1899; (add.info.: German forces seize Samoa 1899. German Samoa (Deutsch-Samoa) was a German protectorate from 1900 to 1914, consisting of the islands of Upolu

The british explorer James Cook at Tahiti, c.1768. c.1900 (chromo)
2636223 The british explorer James Cook at Tahiti, c.1768. c.1900 (chromo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Geography. Polynesia. The british explorer James Cook at Tahiti, c.1768)

Boat oars of indigenous New Zealand
3330650 Boat oars of indigenous New Zealand; (add.info.: Engraving of boat oars of indigenous New Zealand. Dated 18th Century.); Universal History Archive/UIG

Lord Kitchener in Tasmania (b/w photo)
8639050 Lord Kitchener in Tasmania (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lord Kitchener in Tasmania)

Honolulu (engraving)
8638332 Honolulu (engraving) by French School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Honolulu. Illustration for Dictionnaire Universel Illustre De La Geographie et Des Voyages)

Pastimes of Our King, landing a ground shark (b/w photo)
8671621 Pastimes of Our King, landing a ground shark (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Pastimes of Our King, landing a ground shark)

Maori Canoe Race (engraving)
8648085 Maori Canoe Race (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Maori Canoe Race)

Te Wherowhero (engraving)
8648076 Te Wherowhero (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Te Wherowhero. Illustration for Picturesque Atlas of Australasia edited by Andrew Garran)

Parihaka (engraving)
8648072 Parihaka (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Parihaka. Illustration for Picturesque Atlas of Australasia edited by Andrew Garran)

The Breakwater, New Plymouth (engraving)
8648066 The Breakwater, New Plymouth (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Breakwater, New Plymouth)

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Polynesians, the indigenous people of the Pacific islands, have a rich cultural heritage that is beautifully depicted in various forms of art. The cloak worn by Hawaiian chiefs symbolizes their elevated status and serves as a reminder of their ancestral lineage. In "Two Tahitian Women and a Marquesan Earplug, " an artwork from 1891-93, we catch a glimpse of the intricate details captured through pen, brown ink, and graphite on parchment. "Parau Hina Tefatou (Words between Goddess of the Moon and God of the Earth)" transports us to another time with its washes, pen, ink, and chalk on paper. This piece from 1893-94 showcases Polynesian mythology intertwined with artistic expression. "A Fisherman Drinking Beside His Canoe, " created in 1894 using woodblock print techniques along with watercolor and gouache on paper captures everyday life in Polynesia. It portrays not just scenes but also emotions evoked by these moments. The woodcut series "Le Sourire" produced between 1899-1900 offers glimpses into Polynesian culture through vibrant imagery. Gauguin's caricature alongside Governor Gallet adds an element of humor while highlighting societal dynamics during that era. Amongst these prints lies an ear ornament or amulet made from bowenite dating back to the 19th century. This delicate piece represents both adornment and protection for its wearer—a testament to Polynesians' deep connection with nature. These artworks provide us with windows into the world of Polynesians—showcasing their customs, beliefs, daily life experiences—and remind us of their enduring legacy throughout history.