Press Image Captions & Credits

Pacific Worlds

Oakland Museum of California

May 30, 2015–January 3, 2016

Press Image Captions & Credits

Gallery 1

PW_Tattoo

A man with elaborate tattoos in Huahine, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia. © Michel Renaudeau/age footstock

PW_Kava_DimondPark

A traditional kava circle gathers in Dimond Park, Oakland. Photo: Jean Melesaine

PW_Sulu_Folau_Talanoa

Sulu and Folau Talanoa, of Tongan descent, wearing tapa and a fine mat respectively, in Dimond Park in Oakland. Photo: Jean Melesaine

PW_Kava_KalapuMofisi

Members of the Bay Area Tongan and Samoan women's kava club Kalapu Mofisi. Photo: Jean Melesaine

PW_Lomani

Fijian tattoo artist Lomani Gaunavinaka of Santa Rosa sketches tattoo designs. Photo: Jean Melesaine

PW_LangiLangi

Tongan seamstress Langilangi Mavae makes tapa cloth at her home in Oakland. Photo: Jean Melesaine

PW_Michael_Whitney_Skillman

Michael and Whitney Skillmanperform the Maori tradition ofhongi—touching foreheads, touching noses, then inhaling deeply, sharing the ha, the breath of life. Photo: Jean Melesaine

PW_Skillmans

The Skillman family dances the Maori haka in Fairfield, California. Photo: Jean Melesaine

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PW_BirdLevy

Bird Levy, of Hawaiian descent, paddleboarding in the San Francisco Bay. Stand up paddleboarding is a recent innovation on the historic Hawaiian sport of surfing. It allows paddlers of all cultures and ages to connect with the ocean. Photo: Jean Melesaine

Gallery 2

PW_Kava

Kava bowl (tanoa), kava cups, and kava strainer, Samoa, 1880s-1900s. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase, Dr. John Rabe D.D.S. Collection and Gift of Mrs. W. M. Kauffman.

PW_Maori

Maori artifacts produced for the Panama Pacific International Exhibition, 1915. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase and Gift of Dr. A. E. Dilley.

H18.422_14_1291_C2

Pendant, Maori, Polynesia, made for Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915. 1.775" x 1.5", whalebone, sealing wax. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase from Mr. E. Clifton, New Zealand Commissioner, PPIE

H18.505_14_2104_C2

Model canoe and paddle, Samoa, Polynesia, acquired 1916. 38.5" l x 14" d x 5.25" h. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Gift of Mrs. Howard L. Osgood

H18.1117b_14_1531_C2

Headdress (peue 'ei), Tahuata, Marquesas, Polynesia, collected 1885. 10" x 9.5" x 1.75" in., porpoise tooth, coconut husk fiber, cotton cloth. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase, Dr. John Rabe D.D.S. Collection

H18.1120a,b_14_1784_C2

Ear ornaments (uuhe), Marquesas, Polynesia, collected 1885. 0.875" h x 2" w x 2.75" d; 1.125" h x 2.5" w x 1.75" d., porpoise tooth, trade bead, cut glass, wood. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase, Dr. John Rabe D.D.S. Collection

H18.1197_14_1488_C2

String bag (bilum), Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, collected 1889. 12" h x 14" w., Twine, shell, Job’s tears. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase, Dr. John Rabe D.D.S. Collection

H18.1210_14_1311_C2

Fish hook, Papua New Guinea, Melanesia, collected 1889. 3.75" h x 0.375" w x 1.25" d., Pig tooth, bone, twine.Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase, Dr. John Rabe D.D.S. Collection.

H18.1281_14_1709_C2

Rang box and cover, Yap, Micronesia, collected 1890. 2.25" h x 2" diameter, Bamboo, turmeric pigment. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase, Dr. John Rabe D.D.S. Collection.

H18.1389b_14_1490_C2

Necklace (waseisei), made by Tongan or Samoan crafters in Fiji, Melanesia, collected 1880s. 14" l x 4.5" w., Whale tooth, coconut husk fiber. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase, Dr. John Rabe D.D.S. Collection.

H18.1407

Painted barkcloth (masi kesa), Fiji, Melanesia, collected 1880s. 42" x 136", Paper mulberry bark, dye. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Museum Purchase, Dr. John Rabe D.D.S. Collection.

H18.1941a&b

Dress mats (jaki-ed), Marshall Islands, Micronesia, acquired 1937. Each 36" x 37.25", Pandanus, hibiscus fiber. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Gift of Mrs. Jesse M. Acuff.

H18.1986

Barkcloth (siapo), Samoa, Polynesia, acquired 1937. 74" x 49.5", Paper mulberry bark, paint. Collection of the Oakland Museum of California, Gift of Mrs. Jesse M. Acuff.