"Published to accompany the exhibition: Pacific encounters : art and divinity in Polynesia 1760-1860, Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, University of East Anglia, Norwich 21 May-13 August 2006"--T.p. verso
Simultaneously published : London : British Museum Press
Book and exhibition part of the research project: Polynesian visual arts : meanings and histories in Pacific and European cultural contexts
Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-283) and index
Encountering Polynesia -- Polynesian encounters -- Collecting Polynesia -- Catalogue: Introduction -- The Hawaiian Islands -- New Zealand/Aotearoa -- Easter Island/Rapa Nui -- The Marquesas Islands -- Mangareva and Tuamotu Islands -- The Society Islands -- The Austral Islands -- The Cook Islands -- Western Polynesia
