Na Bula, Fiji's Crown of Thorns

Cultures of the Pacific

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Network mapping of the genetic relationships of islanders in the southwest Pacific (Figure 7 from Terrell, John Edward. 2010. Social network analysis of the genetic structure of Pacific Islanders.  Annals of Human Genetics 74: 211-232)

The Field Museum

Easter Island’s society might not have collapsed

New Field Museum exhibition Chicago’s Legacy Hula anchors inaugural  Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month

On the city's lakefront to perform a chant to greet the sunrise, Chicago-based Hula practitioners gather around an `ipu heke, a traditional Hawaiian percussion implement made of two gourds.

Chicago’s Legacy Hula

A three-quarter view of the front of the Maori Meeting HouseCarvings decorate the house’s walls and beams. At the apex of the gabled roof are two carved faces. One is Ruatepupuke, for whom this house is named.

Maori Meeting House, Ruatepupuke II

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Maori Meeting House Ruatepupuke II

Regenstein Halls of the Pacific

Early Pacific Collections

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Malanggan (also malagan) figure - carved and painted wooden bird with outstretched wings holding a serpent in its beak from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea.  Catalog Number 967.98641.  Received from J. F. G. Umlauff.  © The Field Museum, A110311c, Photographers* Ron Testa and Diane Alexander White.*

Contemporary Pacific Collections

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A part of dress called kiekie, an ornamental girdle worn by women in the Kingdom of Tonga around the waist and over a skirt or tupenu (wrapped garment) underneath.  This kiekie was purchased for the Museum’s collections *by Regenstein Collections Manager Christopher J. Philipp in 2010.  Temporary Number T2010.0017.  © The Field Museum, Photographer Christopher J. Philipp.

Pepeha (For Non-Māori)

Creating a Poupou (Ancestor Panel) 

Maori Wharenui

The Māori Meeting House: A Living Ancestor (Student Copy-English/Spanish)

Exploring Artifacts from the Pacific | Exploring the Field Guide

Māori Meeting House Lesson Plan

Field Museum Connections: AANHPI Stories and the TEAACH Act

Pacific Anthropology at the Field Museum

Museum Loan Network: Pacific Instruments Collection

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RattleIdiophonePacific Musical InstrumentsShells (13), beads, fiber cordCat 1072.112266

Media for Cultures of the Pacific: Partnerships

Cultures of the Pacific: Partnerships