Power and prestige : the art of clubs in Oceania

by Steven Hooper

Other authorsBen Burt (Contributor), Gaye Sculthorpe (Contributor), Philippe Peltier (Contributor), Kirk Huffman (Contributor), Emmanuel Kasarhérou (Foreword and Contributor), Alex Bernand (Contributor), Inti Ligabue (Introduction), Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue (Venezia) (Promoter and Host Institute)
Hardcover, 2021

Status

Available

Call number

739.7

Publication

Milano: Skira Editions, 2022. (319 p., ca. 250 color ill., bibliography, index, chronology; 30 cm).

Description

Pouvoir et Prestige est le premier ouvrage consacré à l'art des massues en Océanie. Les massues sont présentées non seulement comme des armes, mais aussi comme des sculptures remarquables qui ont joué de multiples rôles dans les sociétés des îles du Pacifique aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles. Elles étaient des symboles de statut et d'autorité, des incarnations de la puissance divine, des valeurs d'échange et des accessoires de performance. Beaucoup n'ont jamais été utilisés comme armes. Elles ont été fabriquées dans une extraordinaire variété de formes qui témoignent de l'exceptionnelle capacité d'innovation des sculpteurs océaniens. N'étant plus utilisées, nombre d'entre elles passent inaperçues dans les réserves des musées du monde entier. Ce livre, et l'exposition qu'il accompagne, vise à les faire apprécier du public en les présentant comme des sculptures parmi les plus belles œuvres d'art de la région Pacifique. Entièrement illustré, ce catalogue ravira tous ceux qui admirent la sculpture et le design. Des textes détaillés rédigés par d'éminents spécialistes documentent les massues et leur histoire, constituant un ouvrage de référence pour les conservateurs, les collectionneurs et toute personne intéressée par la créativité humaine. Exhibition: Musée du quai Branly Jacques Chirac, Paris, France (08.06-25.09.2022).… (more)

Language

Original language

Italian

Physical description

319 p.; 30 cm

ISBN

9788857246406

Local notes

Catalog for an exhibition:
1. Venice, Italy: Fondazione Giancarlo Ligabue: 2012-10-16 to 2022-03-13

For French catalog see:
https://www.librarything.com/work/30103026/details/238583880

From the back cover:
"Power and Prestige is the first book dedicated to the art of clubs in Oceania. 'Clubs' are presented not only as weapons, but as remarkable sculptures that played multiple roles in the societies of the Pacific Islands in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Thev were symbols of status and authority, embodiments of divine power, exchange valuables and performance accessories. Many were never used as weapons. They were made in an extraordinarv variety of forms that display the exceptional innovative skills of Oceanian sculptors. No longer used, many are now kept unnoticed in museum storerooms around the world.
This book, and the exhibition which it accompanies, aims to bring clubs into the light ofpublic appreciation by presenting them as sculptures — among the finest artworks from the Pacific region. Fully illustrated, the book will delight all those who admire sculptüre and design. Comprehensive texts by leading scholars document the clubs and their histories, providing a reference book for curators, collectors and anyone interested in human creativitv."
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CONTENTS

16 Preface and Acknowledgements
Steven Hooper

22 Oceania Timeline

25 ESSAYS
27 1. Clubs in Oceania
57 2. Clubs, Warfare and Collecting
77 3. Exhibiting Clubs
Steven Hooper

95 4. Equilibrium of Forms: A Collector's Appreciation of Oceanic Clubs
Alex Bernard

105 THE CLUBS

106 Introduction
Steven Hooper

108 Maps

113 New Zealand
127 Hawaiian Islands and Rapa Nui / Easter Island
135 The Marquesas Islands
147 Tuamotus, Society and Austral Islands
157 The Cook Islands
171 Western Polynesia
185 Fiji
Steven Hooper

211 New Caledonia
Emmanuel Kasarhérou

223 Vanuatu
Kirk Huffman

233 Solomon Islands
Ben Burt

249 New Guinea and the Bismarck Archipelago
Philippe Peltier

267 Micronesia
Philippe Peltier and Steven Hooper

271 Australia
Gaye Sculthorpe

278 Entries
Steven Hooper, Emmanuel Kasarhérou, Kirk Huffman, Ben Burt,
Philippe Peltier, Gaye Sculthorpe

305 Appendices
306 Bibliography
315 Index
319 Author Biographies

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One artifact from the Weltmuseum Wien is pictured in this catalogue:
p. 66 [picture and caption]
FIG. 37. Club with star-shaped head,
New Caledonia. Formerly in the Leverian Museum. Acquired during Cook's second voyage visit to New Caledonia in 1774 (KHM-Museumsverband, Vienna, V4; mid-18th century; wood; 68.0 cm).
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