Frozen copy of Vernon's record from the last sync. Fields tagged → flow back into the Pulse record.
name→ title
Polynesia : The Mark and Carolyn Blackburn Collection of Polynesian Art / Adrienne L. Kaeppler
vernon_id
11273
accession_no→ accession_number
7470
vernon_slug
polynesia-the-mark-and-carolyn-blackburn-collection-of-polynesian-art-adrienne-l-kaeppler
curr_loc_status→ on_shelf
Stored
isbn_issn→ isbn (when valid)
9781883528409
production_date
Circa 2010
object_type
Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication
object_status
Accessioned
brief_description
"The 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 antecedents, such as items associated with the eighteenth-century voyages of Captain Cook, and the Dupetit-Thouars material from the Marquesas, first collected by the nineteenth-century French admiral of that name. In this book, for the first time, these unique works of art are on display, fully described and annotated, for the enjoyment and appreciation of scholars, collectors, and interested readers alike. Selected paintings, drawings, engravings, and photographs from the Blackburn collection give context to the artifacts and essays. Items from each geographic and cultural area are described within their cultural and historical context: 'Aotearoa (New Zealand), the Austral Islands, the Cook Islands, Fiji, Futuna, the Gambier Islands, Hawai'i, Malden, the Marquesas Islands, Niue Island, Nukuoro Island, Rapa Nui (Easter Island), Rennell Island, Rotuma Island, Samoa, Tahiti, Takuu, Tokelau, Tonga, and the Tuamotu Islands. In Polynesia, the visual arts and their associated objects serve as physical representations of the underlying aesthetic, social, and religious aspects of the island cultures. In some cases, these eloquent objects may be all that remains to speak of these once-living traditions. This publication allows these remarkable works to communicate directly with the modern viewer." --Publisher.
authors→ author (initial fill only)
Adrienne Kaeppler
tags→ tags
Art, Arts, Religion, Sculpture, Public institutions, Associations, institutions, etc., Decorative arts, Indigenous art, Furniture, Museums, Wood sculpture, Precious stones, Minerals, Textile fabrics, Superstition, Amulets, Bowls, Tableware, Implements, utensils, etc., Stone carving, Tools, Ivory, Tusks, Teeth, Mouth, Face, Head, Islands of the Pacific, Art -- Private collections, Weapons, Jade, Anthropological museums and collections, Axes, Ethnological museums and collections, Art, Polynesian, Clubs, Tapa, Adzes
subject_people
Mark Blackburn (American), Carolyn Blackburn (American)
subject_objects
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28098