traditional marquesan sculpture coconut wood french polynesia |
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| TRADITIONAL SCULPTURE OF THE MARQUESAS ISLANDS IN COCONUT WOOD CALLED IN FRENCH POLYNESIA. SCULPTURES ADORNED THE MARAE, THE PLACE WHERE ANCIENT POLYNESIAN CULTS WERE HELD, OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH CULTURAL, SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CEREMONIES. THESE SCULPTURES WITH HUMAN TIKI OR ANIMAL FORMS SERVED AS RECEPTACLES FOR THE SPIRIT OF A GOD OR AN ANCESTOR. |
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