Sitting on a couch, Mojina Mote holds a framed photo of herself as a young girl.

Home Is Where the Jaki Is

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72 years later, Field Museum staff presented Mojina Mote, who now lives in Enid with her son Terry, with a print of the photo.

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)

Media for Staff Profile

Deborah Bekken

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

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

Polynesian Collections

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Detail of mahau - exterior porch panels from Ruatepupuke II – wharenui – Maori meeting house from Tokomaru Bay, New Zealand. Catalog Number 967.143961. © The Field Museum, A109973_15c, Photographer Ron Testa.

The Field Museum

Exploring Artifacts from the Pacific | Exploring the Field Guide

Field Museum Connections: AANHPI Stories & the TEAACH Act Workshops

A. W. F. Fuller Collection

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Mask from Northern New Ireland, Papua New Guinea collected by A.W.F. Fuller (originally given to the Chichester Museum by Miss Newman of Midhurst, England in 1859.  This wooden mask, with opercula eyes, fiber hair, and painted with red ochre, lime, and black pigment, is one of the earliest known masks from New Ireland.  Catalog Number 2616.276499. Photo Archives ID # A114455_02d.

Honoring Belief and Heritage in the Classroom

Engaging Students with Story and Theater – Virtual Edition

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

Asian American Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Heritage Month 